2, Greestone Place

LINCOLN

SK9771NE GREESTONE PLACE 1941-1/9/124 (West side) 08/10/53 No.2

GV II

Formerly known as: No.2 The Archdeaconry GREESTONE PLACE. House, now partly converted to flats. 1764-1778, with rear wing c1862. Brick with stone dressings and plain tile roof with 2 gable stacks. 2 string courses, rusticated quoins, coped parapet and gables. 3 storeys plus basement, 5 bays. L-plan. Sashes have brick flat arches with keystones. South front has a projecting central bay with modillion pediment. Curved stone steps with iron balustrades, leading to a doorcase in the form of a Venetian window, with voussoirs and half-glazed door. On either side, two 12-pane sashes. Above, a central Venetian window with reticulated iron glazing bars and bracketed sill, flanked on either side by two 12-pane sashes. Above again, a lunette with keystone, flanked by two 6-pane sashes, the left one altered to a casement. Basement has segment headed casements, the outer pair with keystones. Right return, to east, has a doorway with sidelights, c1860. INTERIOR has a central 2 storey hall with a moulded cornice on each floor. Original open well cantilever staircase with cut string and 3 turned balusters per tread. Ramped hardwood handrail. Moulded doorcases with fielded 6-panel doors, and shutters to the front door. Main rooms on each floor have moulded cornices and C19 fireplaces. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 490; Jones S: The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Lincoln: 1987-: 34-35).

Listing NGR: SK9789571696