Wickentree

Wickentree is a house located on Queen Street in Kirton in Lindsey, dating from the early to mid-18th century, with an earlier section on the right, a late 19th-century rear outshut, and various alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. The front is made of red brick, while the sides and the earlier section are constructed from coursed limestone rubble with brick dressings and stacks. The rear outshut is built in brick, and the roofing features concrete tiles on the earlier section and pantiles elsewhere.

The house has two storeys with an attic and is arranged in three symmetrical bays, with a two-bay earlier section to the right. The main front has a limestone rubble plinth and a part-glazed door beneath a plain overlight, all framed by a wooden doorcase with pilasters that support a plain entablature, cornice, and hood. To the left, there is a cellar window under a segmental brick arch. The front features three 19th-century sash windows and two 20th-century plain windows with sash bars, all set within original flush wooden architraves that have stucco cambered arches and cills. The eaves are stepped in brick, with a moulded wooden eaves board. There are also two 20th-century dormers with casement windows and end stacks, with the left stack projecting slightly from the gable end.

The section to the right has quoins, a part-glazed door under a wooden lintel, a flush sash window to the right under a segmental brick arch, and a smaller similar window above. There is a stack to the left, adjoining the gable end of the later build. Inside, the early to mid-18th-century construction includes a closed string staircase with column-on-vase-and-bulb balusters, a moulded handrail, and a panelled dado. The ground floor left room features fielded paneling, a moulded dado rail, a fireplace surround, and a dentilled plaster cornice. The first-floor left bedroom has a carved fireplace surround and a Gothick-style panelled corner cupboard, with fielded panel window reveals, shutters, and doors throughout.