Built 1710 for Sir George Thorold who was Lord Major of London 1719–20.

Estate sold 1898 to Nathaniel Clayton Cockburn, a grandson of Nathaniel Clayton, the Lincoln iron founder. 

Bought by the Lincolnshire Joint Board for the Mentally Defective, who opened it in 1935 as a 'Colony for Mental Defectives'.

Hospital closed in 1989 and is now a private residence.

http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Files/Parish/829/Historical_Information.pdf 

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All Saints in Harmston has an early Norman tower with a Perpendicular pinnacle top. The rest of the building dates from 1868.

The chancel contains notable eighteenth-century monuments to Sir George and Sir Samuel Thorold.

In the churchyard lies John Willson, killed whilst erecting the statue of George III on top of the Dunston Pillar in 1810.

Mark Acton, 2013

View looking east towards the chancel.

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View looking west.

"Tower arch early C19"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164892 

Royal Arms hanging in the tower arch with painting "Adoration of the Magi" above.

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Grave of Nathaniel Clayton Cockburn who died 2nd January 1924.

Owner of Harmston Hall and grandson of Nathaniel Clayton, the Lincoln iron founder.

Church benefactor who provided three of the stained glass windows 1905-6, the angel lectern 1908, and a pair of iron doors for the south porch 1910. 

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The grave of John Willson killed whilst erecting the statue of George III on top of Dunston Pillar 1810.

"He who erected the nobel King 

Is here now laid by Death's sharp sting"

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Norman bowl set on a modern square base.

Oak and wrought iron cover 1949. 

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Brass angel lectern the gift of Nathaniel Clayton Cockburn in 1908.

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"Here lyes the Body of Sir George Thorold Knt: & Bart: who built new this Church and Chancel in the year 1717. and was Lord Mayor of the City of London 1720 ...."

Located south chancel on the opposite side to his brother Samuel's monument.

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Memorial to Sir Samuel Thorold Bart. died 1738.

Located north chancel on the opposite side to his brother George's monument. 

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"Adoration of the Magi" hanging above the west tower arch.

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Inscription at the bottom of the royal arms reads

"This Church, was in a falling condition, and ye chancel, was quite down, were rebuilt Anno: Dom: 1717, at ye sole charge of the Right Hon: Sir Geo Thorold Bart: Ld Mayor"

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Chuch guide states 

"Saxon cross carved with a Crucifixion and a Resurrection; this was discovered in the walls of the old Manor House"

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"Norman west tower the only remains of the medieval church which was rebuilt in 1717, and then largely rebuilt again in 1868 by the architect Withers.

The late Cll west tower has an opening on each face, at bell chamber level, each is made up of coupled round-headed openings with columns with scalloped capitals between.

The crenellated top with 8 pinnacles is Perpendicular"

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"In remembrance of those who gave their lives in two world wars and especially the men of this parish of Harmston"

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Former Methodist chapel now in use as a workshop.

"It was built in 1857 and closed in 1934. A defaced ashlar date tablet in the gable is inscribed Free Methodist but the date is unclear"

https://www.lincstothepast.com/Untitled/238685.record?ImageId=5449&pt=S 

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"Pump, School Lane/Hill Top.

C20 shelter over the site of a public pump, important up to the mid C20 as a source of a public water supply.

Conical roof of Rosemary tiles supported on oak posts resting on padstones"

https://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/_resources/assets/attachment/full/0/6805.pdf 

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The school was opened as a National School in 1851.

Senior children were transferred to Waddington School from February 1941.

The school was closed on 21 July 1983, with the children transferred to Navenby CE School and other schools.

https://www.lincstothepast.com/HARMSTON-CE-SCHOOL/529177.record?pt=S 

Located at the top of School Lane but now a private house. Inscription on building reads

"National Schools

MDCCCLI" 

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Plaque in All Saints parish church. Placed by the Friends of Harmston School to commemorate its closure in 1983. 

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"Farmhouse C18 with C19 and C20 additions."

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061986 

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"Thorold Arms. High Street. Public House.

C19 of coursed limestone rubble with a brown concrete tiled roof. Of at least two builds, two brick chimney stacks, one gable and one ridge, the latter once a gable stack.

First floor retains 5, 6 x 6 pane, sliding sash windows, four under the eaves and one in an east gable under a cambered stone arch.

The ground floor has early C20 leaded casements, most under cambered stone arches. Central C20 6 panel door with leaded fanlight over"

https://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/_resources/assets/attachment/full/0/6805.pdf 

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Detail of the signboard.

Sir George Thorold 1666-1732 and subsequent members of the Thorold family were owners of Harmston Hall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thorold 

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Undated postcard.

"Vicarage. Early C19. Ashlar with shallow-pitched Welsh slate, hipped roof. Two storeys"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1164917 

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states "The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £250, with residence, in the gift of Nathanial C. Cockburn esq. and held since 1916 by the Rev. Douglas Smith B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge"

"Hydrant, Chapel Lane.

Cast iron street hydrant installed as part of the provision of a public water supply in the mid C20.

Domed topped with a distinctive lions head, the mouth forming the spout and with a grid below to stand a bucket.

Cast by Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock.

Examples can be found in several villages in the northern half of the District" 

"The first chapel was built in 1846 and replaced by a new chapel in 1873 which closed in 1973. It has been much altered and refenestrated"

http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI82023&resourceID=1006 

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