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| Name: | SPITAL HOUSE, FORMERLY THE SWAN INN |
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| HER Number: | MLI51019 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
SPITAL HOUSE, FORMERLY THE SWAN INN
| Grid Reference: | SK 967 900 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK99SE |
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| Parish: | GLENTHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
SPITAL HOUSE. POSSIBLY MEDIEVAL - AN OLD INN WHERE COACHES CHANGED HORSES AND QUARTER SESSIONS WERE HELD IN THE OLD COURT HOUSE NOW USED AS A BARN. ALSO FAMOUS HOSPITAL OF SPITAL IN THE STREET (SEE PRN 50270,50981). {1}
OPPOSITE THE CHAPEL, ALMSHOUSES AND SESSIONS HOUSE IS A FORMER INN, L-SHAPED AND SURPRISINGLY LARGE; THE REASON IS THAT THIS WAS A STAGING-POST ON THE ROAD FROM LINCOLN TO HULL. {2}
IN THE EARLY C19 THE SPITAL INN - THE FORMER 'SWAN INN' - WAS A PLACE OF CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS, AS THE FIRST HALTING-PLACE OUT OF LINCOLN ON THE GREAT NORTH ROAD. IN 1889 IT WAS A PRIVATE DWELLING OCCUPIED BY A FARMER. 'THE SWAN' IS MENTIONED IN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL LANDS DATED SOMETIME AFTER 1574, AND IN 1598. {3}
<1> SMR FILE, SK 99 SE:H - (Index). SLI3036.
<2> Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition), 2nd Rev Edn p682 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1062.
<3> VENABLES, E., 1889, Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers, VOL 20 pp277,282,294 (Article in Serial). SLI416.
<4> Neil R. Wright, 1982, Lincolnshire Towns and Industry 1700-1914, p55 Fig 8 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1080.
Monument Types
- INN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: SMR FILE. GLENTHAM. SK 99 SE:H -. |
| <2> | Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p682. |
| <3> | Article in Serial: VENABLES, E.. 1889. Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. VOL 20 pp277,282,294. |
| <4> | Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1982. Lincolnshire Towns and Industry 1700-1914. p55 Fig 8. |
Related records
| MLI50846 | Related to: SETTLEMENT REMAINS OF SPITAL IN THE STREET (Monument) |
| MLI50981 | Related to: SITE OF ST EDMUND'S HOSPITAL, SPITAL ON THE STREET (Monument) |
| MLI50270 | Related to: Spital Almshouses, Hemswell (Building) |
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