Leigh-Pemberton House

LINCOLN

SK9771NE CASTLE HILL 1941-1/9/71 (North side) 08/10/53 No.8 Leigh-Pemberton House (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE HILL (North side) No.8 and No.1 Bailgate (Leigh-Pemberton House))

GV II*

Merchant's house, now offices. c1543, extensively restored 1929 and 1970. Timber framing, with arch braces, plastered nogging, rubble plinth and plain tile roof with a brick valley stack. 2 jettied floors with brackets on south and east fronts. Triple gabled south front, to Castle Hill, has to left a late C18 bow window with glazing bars, flanked to left by a half-glazed door. To right, a restored 2-light fixed window and a segment headed close-boarded door. Above, on each floor, three C20 leaded casements with 2 and 3 lights. East front, to Bailgate, 2 bays, has a close boarded door flanked by fixed lights with glazing bars. Above, on each floor, 2 leaded casements with 2 and 3 lights. South-east corner has an original post with carved figure and bracket. INTERIOR has jowled posts, some with arch braces, dragon beams, and is known to have crownpost roofs. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 517).

Listing NGR: SK9763471824