Northgate, Sleaford, Lincs.
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Northgate, Sleaford, Lincs.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 29 Nov 2014
On the western side of North Gate, almost opposite where Church Street branches off of this road - the B1518 - is the Manor House. Since (... date unknown) it has been divided into a number of different properties. It originally incorporated not only the older stone-built section but the more distant Georgian extension too, now known as Rhodes House after the entrepreneur and explorer Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902). Rhodes spent parts of his boyhood there. The stone sections of the Manor House are said to be mainly C17th. "Extensive re-use of medieval materials, some of which were probably plundered from Sleaford Castle after it had fallen into disrepair" has been suggested.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.00042
Longitude
-0.410612