This is the seat of the Nelthorpe family who have occupied it continuously since it was built in c.1600.

The main front of the red brick house dates from the eighteenth century and part of the east front was rebuilt in 1913.

Drawing of 1795

More details about this house and its owners can be found in T R Leach's book, 'Lincolnshire Country Houses and their Families: Part 2', published by SLHA.  Buy a copy.

Scawby Hall viewed from the south lawn. 

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"The parish contains 3216A. 2R. 36P. of land, mostly the property and manor of Sir John Nelthorpe, Bart., of SCAWBY HALL, a large ancient mansion, finely mantled with ivy, and standing in a well-wooded park of 70 acres, a little north of the village.

The Nelthorpes have been long seated here; and one of them was created a baronet in 1666"

22 August 2009

House viewed from the walled garden to the west. 

"Largely C17, reputedly begun c1603; early C18 south front with later C18 fenestration; east front with late C18 - early C19 bay window and external stack, and later C19 crenellations and re-fenestration; C18 and early C19 interior alterations; north-east range of 1913 linking with C18 kitchen wing and outhouses. For Nelthorpe family"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083683

22 August 2009

View across the walled garden with Scawby Hall on the left and St Hybald's Church on the right.

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Former school now a private house - currently for sale with offers requested in excess of £400,000.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"Public Elementary School (mixed), erected on the site of a former building, & endowed with £40 yearly, from the proceeds of land left by Richard Nelthorpe esq. in 1706, was enlarged in 1890, & will now hold 160 children; in 1901 an infants' school was built to hold 90; John Whitaker, master; Miss Mabel Bell, infants mistr"

The infants school was directly opposite on the other side of Church Street. 

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"A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Brigg Circuit Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson & Mervyn White September 1997 (Revised July 1998) states :-

"The Society initially rented a barn for worship and a shop, adjacent to the present chapel, was leased from 1874.

The foundation stone for their own "Shaw" chapel, in Chapel Lane, was laid on the 22.5.1895 and the building opened on the 27.10.1895.

It is still in use with a membership of 13" 

Geoff Swain Collection 6 September 1993

A second view of the chapel.

Date stone reads "PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL 1895."

Geoff Swain Collection 6 September 1993 

The tower of St Hybald's is medieval.  The rest of the church was rebuilt by W A Nicholson in the 1840s, with clerestoried nave, aisles and chancel all in Early English style.

August 2011

The tower of St Hybald's is medieval.

The rest of the church was rebuilt by W A Nicholson in the 1840s, with clerestoried nave, aisles and chancel all in Early English style.

August 2011

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of St. Hybald is a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 3 bells:

in 1840 it was entirely rebuilt (with the exception of the tower) at the expense of the parishioners:

the chancel was reseated with oak stalls in the early part of 1876, at a cost of about £110:

the organ was much enlarged in 1872, at an expense of about £70:

in 1913 an east window was erected in memory of Baroness Van Aerrsen:

there are eight other stained windows and several mural tablets to the Nelthorpe family, 1632-1865:

there are 350 sittings"

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White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states :-

"The Church (St Hibbald) was rebuilt, except. the tower, in 1840, at the cost of about £2000, chiefly of stone, got from a quarry in the parish, which has been opened in the oolite stratum of the Cliff.

It has several monuments of the Nelthorpes, including one of the first baronet.

One of the windows is enriched with stained glass, in memory of the late vicar.

The churchyard was enlarged in 1854.

The altar rail is a fine piece of wrought iron work by Mark Horton, of Lea, where the late vicar, the Rev Sir C. J. Anderson, Bart., resided.

Sir John Nelthorpe is patron of the vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £7, and now at £330, in the incumbency of the Rev J. T. Bales Tooke"

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Detailed view of the sanctuary.

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1856 states "The altar rail is a fine piece of wrought iron work by Mark Horton, of Lea, where the late vicar, the Rev Sir C. J. Anderson, Bart., resided"

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Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"in 1913 an east window was erected in memory of Baroness Van Aerrsen"

The inscription at the bottom of the window reads "To the glory of God and his church and in memory of Anna Maria"

She was the daughter of Robert Nassau Sutton and had married Peter van Aerssen.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Aerssen_(geslacht) 

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Hatchment for Sir John Nelthorpe, 8th Baronet, who married 1838 Frances Maria, daughter of the Rev Sir Charles Anderson, Bt., and died 22 November 1865.

August 2011

Monument to Richard Nelthorpe, died 1640.

August 2011

Looking east towards the chancel.

"Double-chamfered chancel arch of filleted responds with engaged shafts"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083718 

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Looking west towards the gallery.

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"Tower open to nave, with panelled organ-gallery front bearing good C19 painted cast metal coat of arms"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083718 

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"good C19 painted cast metal coat of arms"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083718 

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Wall tablet in north aisle: to Amaziah Empson, vicar, of 1798, by Fisher of York, with obelisk base, foliate frieze, draped urn and arms.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083718 

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Looking east towards the war memorial.

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Positioned near the door from the south porch. 

"Plain C19 octagonal font on shafted column base"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1083718 

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War memorial above Roll of Honour.

Unveiled May 1919 and subsequently extended to include names from the Second World War.

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West Street is the main street (B1207) running through the village centre.

This view looking south shows the Sutton Arms on the right.

Elsewhere in the village is a mixture of estate cottages dating fromn the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Frith postcard, undated

The original mill at Scawby was built in 1829 and became derelict in the early years of the twentieth century.

This view of the mill is from Gainsborough Lane.

Jon Sass Collection, photograph 1890s

A picture of the mill at National Grid Reference SE972053 prior to restoration.

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 has an entry "Chambers John, miller (wind)".

Windmill marked as "Disused" on the OS Six inch map published 1907" 

Geoff Swain Collection 6 September 1993 

The current mill standing in Mill Lane is a 1993 reconstruction of a tower mill that collapsed when being converted into a dwelling.

Location of mill: SE 972 058

Peter Kirk Collection, 1998