Sempringham Hall, Sempringham Priory
Reference Name MLI30040
Name:
Sempringham Hall, Sempringham Priory
Summary:
Sempringham Hall, Sempringham Priory
Location:
POINTON AND SEMPRINGHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE
Description:
PRN 30040
Excavations in 1938-9 revealed extensive foundations of the Priory and also showed that there had been a post-Dissolution mansion about 1580 which was pulled down about 1616. Smaller 16th-18th century farmhouse to north.{1}{4}
Tudor mansion built on the nave of the monastic church. {1}
Geophysical survey and aerial photograph interpretation revealed features relating to the house and its garden. Finds relating to the house were also recovered during fieldwalking. {13}
Sources:
1 Index: OS CARD INDEX. POINTON AND SEMPRINGHAM. TF 13 SW:4,1965, D.A.
2 Bibliographic reference: Page, W. (editor). 1906. The Victoria County History. Lincolnshire volume II. VOL 2 P 179-87
4 Article in serial: GRAHAM AND BROWN. 1940. JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. VOL 5 3RD SER
5 Index: PHILLIPS, C.W.. C.W. PHILLIPS PRIVATE INDEX. -
6 Index: 1962. EAST MIDLANDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN. P 18
7 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946-71. RAF POST WAR COLLECTION. 106G:UK; 1431;5130-2,1946,
8 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1969. AM 7. SAM 188
9 Scheduling record: HBMC. 1978. AM 7. SAM 188
10 Correspondence: 1960. PARISH FILE. POINTON AND SEMPRINGHAM. SEMPRINGHAM PRIORY
11 Index: SMR FILE. POINTON AND SEMPRINGHAM. TF 13 SW:L,1929, PHILLIPS, C.W.
12 Unpublished document: Braun, H.. 1939. Report on Excavations at Sempringham Priory. See parish file
13 Article in serial: Coppack, Glyn and Cope-Faulkner, Paul. 2007. 'Fieldwork and monasticism: field survey at Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire' in The Archaeologist Spring 2007. no. 63 pp 14-16
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13 Article in serial: Coppack, Glyn and Cope-Faulkner, Paul. 2007. 'Fieldwork and monasticism: field survey at Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire' in The Archaeologist Spring 2007. no. 63 pp 14-16