The Croft at Bourne, Lincolnshire
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The Croft at Bourne, Lincolnshire
Image: © Rex Needle Taken: 5 May 2013
This imposing property standing in its own grounds and approached from the main North Road by a driveway was built by a local corn merchant in 1922 and remained a family home until 2004 when a planning controversy began over proposals to build houses on the surrounding meadowland. The dispute was settled in 2009 when developers began work on an estate of 68 bungalows for the over-fifties, now almost complete, while The Croft has been refurbished for use as a community centre but is often wrongly referred to by the developers as “the old manor house” although it has no connection whatsoever with either of Bourne’s two ancient manors.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.774189
Longitude
-0.374836