Disused Grand Stand To Former Race Course

In the entry for:

1 5141 WOTHORPE WHITE WATER ROAD TF 00 SW Disused Grand Stand to 8/710 former race course 10.4.81 II

The grade and the description shall be amended to read:

TF OO SW WOTHORPE WHITE WATER ROAD 987-0/8/710 Disused Grandstand to former 10.4.81 racecourse II* Racecourse grandstand. 1766, probably altered a little in early C19 and circa 1875. Rendered brick with Ketton freestone dressings and limestone rubble. Later slate roofs largely collapsed. Rectangular plan with stair tower at the back.2-storey 5-bay arcaded front has almost entirely collapsed, but the 2-bay sides illustrate how the front appeared, with keystones to the large round arches, the ground floor with imposts, the first floor with moulded extrados and stringcourses above and at cill level; and with quoins at the corners. Short gable-ended wing at centre at rear. The open-sided top storey, illustrated in William Kemp's plan of the racecourse, was replaced by a pitched roof in the late C19. SOURCES: RCHME Stamford inventory [1977], fig.5.

1. 5141 WOTHORPE WHITE WATER ROAD Disused Grand Stand to former race course TF 00 SW 8/710 10.4.81 II 2. Late C18 racecourse grand stand heightened and present roof and rear wing added circa mid C19. Rendered brick with stone dressings, and coursed stone rubble at rear. Low pitched slate roof with gabled ends. Two storeys. Two bays by 2 bays. Sides and front have 2 storeys of round arch arcades with keyblocked arches. Stone bands and quoins. Short gabled 2 storey and attic wing at rear. Most of the front arcaded wall has collapsed and the roof is falling in. Initials and dates scratched on piers and quoins - the earliest appear to be on rear north-east corner "GMR 1787" and another "WE 179(5?)" on the north-west corner.

Listing NGR: TF0358304146