6 And 8, Park Lane

SUTTON BONINGTON PARK LANE SK 52 SW (west side) 7/109 Nos. 6 and 8 (formerly listed as 14.5.52 Hobgoblin Farmhouse or G.V. II Repton Grange)

House, now 2 houses. Early C17, probably re-using materials from an earlier build. Dressed coursed rubble. Slate roof. Right gable rubble stack, left gable with single orb finial. Set on a chamfered plinth. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Doorway with part glazed door and single recessed panel over, to the left is a single glazing bar cross Yorkshire sash, a doorway with plank and part glazed door and single similar larger poanel over and on the far left a single glazing bar cross casement. Above are 3 similar Yorkshire sashes. Right gable has small carved human head. REar range has a single large external rubble stack to the centre of the rear range wall. Interior has large chamfered and moulded beams and a single stud partition. No.8 has a good late C16 two tier ashlar chimney piece with ornamental pilasters with Ionic capitals. The overmantel is panelled and is flanked by panelled pilasters. Frieze with cabled fluting. There is said to have been a monastic grange on this site beloning to Repton Prioy, known as Repindgon Grange, locally known as "Hobgoblins". Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1925, vol. XXIX.

Listing NGR: SK5085124725