Gardens · East Midlands
Westholme House
Westholme House — a garden in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Westholme House is a garden of interest in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Westholme House is a historic building in the English market town of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, set in 32 acres of parkland and school grounds. Built around 1849 in the style of a French Gothic mansion by Charles Kirk the Younger for his business partner Thomas Parry, it was privately owned until the 1940s, when Kesteven County Council acquired the house and its grounds. It subsequently served as the county library and part of Sleaford Secondary Modern School (later St George's Academy). The stone house follows an asymmetrical layout and incorporates a range of Gothic elements in its design. In 1974, it was recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, recognising it as of "special interest".
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Background
History
Prior to the enclosure of Sleaford in 1794, the lands that later became the Westholme estate were mostly open fields. The largest was Puddingpan Race behind the houses on Westgate, thought to be named for the muddy puddles that formed there. That field was bounded to the north by Drove Lane, a track running to South Rauceby, and parts of the future estate also included "Millgatemere Furlong" to the north west and claypits to the north east. Following the enclosure, Drove Lane was straightened and moved northwards by a third of a mile; the old open fields were reorganised within this new space, producing straight, geometric boundary lines. The future Westholme grounds were divided up between…
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- Coordinates
- 53.0001, -0.4149
- Address
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
- Established
- 1849
Sources
- wikidata: Q19792304 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westholme House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westholme House?
- Westholme House is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Westholme House built?
- Built or established in 1849.
- Who owns Westholme House?
- Westholme House is owned by | designation1 =Grade II listed building.