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Leadenham House

Leadenham House is a Grade II* listed Georgian country house in Leadenham, Lincolnshire, England. [1]

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Leadenham human settlement in United Kingdom

Leadenham is a village and civil parish in North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 410. It lies 11 miles (18 km) north from Grantham, on the A607 between Welbourn and Fulbeck, and at the southern edge of the Lincoln Cliff.

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The house is constructed in '2½ storeys' [1] [2] of ashlar and dressed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and a slate hipped roof with a 7 bay frontage to the west. [3] North and South faces, of 4 bays, are identical. [1]

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The Gate

The House stands in parkland surrounded by 3,000 acres of farmland. The gateway of similar Ashlar construction is also a listed building. [4]

History

The hall was built for William Reeve between 1790 and 1796 by Christopher Staveley of Melton Mowbray. It was extended by architect Lewis Vulliamy in 1826–29 and altered by architect Detmar Blow in 1903. Blow also hung two of the reception rooms with hand-painted oriental wallpapers. [1] [5]

Lewis Vulliamy was an English architect belonging to the Vulliamy family of clockmakers.

Detmar Jellings Blow was a British architect of the early 20th century, who designed principally in the arts and crafts style. His clients belonged chiefly to the British aristocracy, and later he became estates manager to the Duke of Westminster. The fiction that he was a descendant of the English restoration composer John Blow was started in 1910 by Detmar Blow's wife Winifred, a member of the aristocratic Tollemache family, as a means of obtaining a licence from St. Paul's Cathedral for the marriage of herself and Detmar.

It descended in the Reeve family to Lt-Col William Reeve (1906–1993) who was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1957. Following the 2013 divorce of Peter Reeve and his former wife Henrietta, the estate's value was divided between the ex-spouses. This was disputed unsuccessfully by their elder son William who wished to keep the estate intact. [6]

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Leadenham House  (Grade II*) (1061877)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. The description '2½ storey' is taken from the listing, and in turn from the article in Country Life. As can be seen in the photograph the 3rd floor does not have large windows or grand high ceilings, and is intended for service staff and storage. This is sometimes called '2½ storey'.
  3. "Leadenham House, Leadenham". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  4. Historic England. "South gate to Leadenham House  (Grade II) (1061874)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. Oswald, A (24 June 1965). "Leadenham Hall". Country Life.
  6. "Aristocrat loses court battle for family estate". Telegraph.

Coordinates: 53°03′19″N0°35′06″W / 53.0552°N 0.5850°W / 53.0552; -0.5850

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