Somersby_Grange

Somersby Grange

Somersby Grange

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Somersby Grange is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Somersby, Lincolnshire.[1]

Somersby Grange

The house was built in 1722 for Robert Burton, the local lord of the manor.[2] It is built in red brick to a rectangular plan with two storeys over a basement and has four square corner towers and a hipped slate roof behind a parapet.[2] The parapet is embattled on the north front above the main entrance, to which a porch was later added.[2] A two-storey extension was added to the east side to provide additional accommodation.[2] Although in the style of Sir John Vanbrugh, the house was probably designed by Robert Alfray.[2]

Adjacent to the house is the rectory, now called Somersby House, where Alfred Lord Tennyson was born and raised.

References

  1. [1]
    Historic England. "SOMERSBY GRANGE (1147797)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. [2]
    Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. "Historic Building Report" (PDF). RCHME Crown Copyright.

53.2334°N 0.0110°E / 53.2334; 0.0110
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