Gate Lodge At Weelsby Hall

GRIMSBY

TA2708SE WEELSBY ROAD, Weelsby 699-1/31/143 (South side) 16/12/97 Gate Lodge at Weelsby Hall

GV II

Gate lodge. 1890 by L Maples for George Frederick Sleight, with C20 rear additions. Red brick in English bond with stone dressings; rendered to rear. Welsh slate roof. T-shaped on plan: 3 rooms with entrance to rear and small C20 infill additions to rear angles. EXTERIOR: single storey; 3 bays to main north front, central bay breaking forward. Central brick canted bay window with 1/1 plate-glass sashes in pilastered surround. Side bays have similar sashes beneath gablets. Continuous band at lintel level supporting shaped brackets to overhanging eaves with moulded eaves board. Hipped roof. Central cross-section stack with stone bands and corniced cap. Right return has pair of sashes in reveals with stone sills and lintels. Single similar sash to centre rear. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: GF Sleight (later a baronet) was one of Grimsby's greatest fishing magnates, with interests in all processes of the industry, including a fish-curing factory in Sidebottom Street (qv). (Grimsby - Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning Department: List of buildings of local architectural or historical interest: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.35).

Listing NGR: TA2793208034