Skirbeck House is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.
Skirbeck House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-pavement-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Skirbeck House, Rawson's Lane, Fishtoft, PE21 9HT
- OS grid reference
- TF 328 464
- Coordinates
- 52.99922, -0.02202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Skirbeck House is an early 18th century house, significantly altered in approximately 1800 and again around 1840. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with painted ashlar dressings, capped by a hipped slate roof and red brick wall stacks. The house is arranged in an L-shape.
The front facade, of three storeys and seven bays (arranged as 2:5), features a second-floor cill band and deeply overhanging eaves. The centrally positioned entrance has a six-panel door with a fanlight above, set within an ornate doorcase of shafted and collared pilasters and a pediment incorporating Gothick lozenge tracery and palmette decoration. Bay windows with flat lead tops are located to the right (single bay) and left (two bays) of the main entrance. The first floor has seven glazing bar sashes beneath splayed brick arches with painted ashlar keystones. Above, seven smaller, similar windows are set into the second floor.
The rear of the house has an earlier 18th century wing with brick coped gables. The interior retains joinery dating from around 1800, including arches and fluted keyblocks. The staircase features slender turned balusters, a carved string, and a moulded handrail.
Local climate
Skirbeck House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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