The first country house named after the twelfth-century abbey was built in the early eighteenth century.

The present house was built in 1844 by William Burn for J Banks Stanhope.

View from the south.

November 2014

It is located at NGR TF 307 602 in Revesby parish.

Barry Barton, 1977

This small church was built by James Fowler of Louth in 1875. It is in a style typical of its period and of the architect.

It is located at NGR TF 283 574 in Revesby parish.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"Almshouses for ten decayed agriculturists were founded by Joseph Banks esq. M.P. of Revesby, in 1727, and endowed by him with £50 yearly"

"almshouses rebuilt by the late J. Banks Stanhope esq"

Rebuilt in 1862. 

DB 16 February 2019

"In the front gables are blank trilobes alternating with ashlar panels, inscribed with Banks insignia and date 1862.

Over the central pair a larger tablet records the foundation of the original almshouses in 1728 by Joseph Banks,Esq., MP for Revesby"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215308 

Rebuilt by J. Banks Stanhope in 1862.

DB 16 February 2019

"a larger tablet records the foundation of the original almshouses in 1728 by Joseph Banks,Esq., MP for Revesby.

The almshouses rebuilt by J. Banks Stanhope"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215308 

DB 16 February 2019

Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919

"Shaw Fredk. Red Lion P.H. farmer"

and in 1885

"Cole Robert, Red Lion P.H" 

Also listed in White's Directory of 1856

"Stennett Wm. vict. Red Lion"

DB 16 February 2019

A second view of the Red Lion.

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Aerial view of the abbey from the south. The stable block is immediately behind the house.

Pearl Wheatley, April 2017

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was erected here in 1852 and replaced on the same site in 1953.

It remained open as a place of worship into the 21st century.

It is located at NGR TF 261 550 in corner of Revesby parish next to Wildmore.

Barry Barton, 1978

The former chapel has been adapted for residential use but all the external features have been retained.

May 2018

Large, costly and gloomy. St Lawrences, Revesby, was built in the Decorated style in 1891 at the expense of the MP for Horncastle Edward Stanhope and James Banks Stanhope.

The church contains fragments from the Cistercian Abbey at Revesby. There is a monument of 1727 to Joseph Banks.

Mark Acton, 2013

See more images of this church

The architect for St Lawrence was Charles Hodgson Fowler.

June 2013

A similar view of the church.

Rod Callow, 2008

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of SS. Mary and Lawrence was erected in 1891, on the site of the former church, at a cost of £8,000, by the late J. Banks Stanhope esq. and is a fine building of Stone, in the Flamboyant style, from designs by Mr. Hodgson C. Fowler, architect, of Durham, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle with organ chamber and vestry, south porch and a western tower with four pinnacles and spire containing 8 tubular bells"

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Memorial to Sir Joseph Banks in St Lawrence's church.

Banks owned an estate in mid-Lincolnshire of which Revesby Abbey was the principal house.

Rod Callow, 2008

Stunning carpet of Snowdrops in the woodland beyond the churchyard.

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Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The lych gate, of carved oak on a stone base, designed by Mr. Hodgson Fowler, was erected by the tenantry on the Revesby estate, in memory of the Right Hon. E. Stanhope" 

DB 16 February 2019

This window in the south aisle of the church depicts Saints James, Peter and John.

The gothic text at the bottom reads:
'This window was presented by the tenants / of Revesby estate as a token of esteem for / Jas Banks Stanhope Esquire of Revesby Abbey.

June 2013

View across the village green with Joseph Banks' Almshouses on the left and St Laurence's Church on the right.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The cottages, schools and almshouses stand in a semicircle on the south side of a large, well kept green, having the church and parsonage on the north side :

the cottages were erected and the almshouses rebuilt by the late J. Banks Stanhope esq"

DB 16 February 2019