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Brauncewell
 
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints

The church at Brauncewell stands close by the Manor in an otherwise isolated position.

It dates from the early nineteenth century; the chancel was rebiult in 1857.

June 2013

Brauncewell, All Saints church
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints

The view of All Saints from the north-east shows a window with simple Y-tracery in the nave.

In the west gable below the stone bell-turret is a circular window.

June 2013

Brauncewell, All Saints church
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, All Saints

All Saints was delared redundant in 1973 and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

June 2017

Brauncewell, All Saints
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House

The gin house at Brauncewell was built in c.1800 alongside a bone mill.

A horse was harnessed to a beam which was linked through gearing to an overhead drive-shaft for the mill.

The original structure was open-sided with a thatched roof.

Stewart Squires, 2000
Brauncewell, gin, horse, bone,
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House
Brauncewell, Horse Gin House

Another view of the Horse Gin. 

"This polygon building was designed to harness horse power to drive threshing machines, with four horses walking around the building to turn the machine.

It is thought this Horse Gin was used to crush bone which would have been used as fertiliser on the surrounding fields"

Information from North Kesteven's Stepping Out walk leaflet. 

DB 2020

Brauncewell, Horse Gin