Hainton House, Church Road, Branston

Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 14 Oct 2012

Former country house previously known as The Old Rectory and mentioned only in passing by Pevsner as plain Georgian. Grade II Listed and built in 1765 built by the then incumbent, Peregrine Harrison Curtois. There were six Curtois Rectors in Branston from 1680 to 1891. Doctor Francis Willis, a renowned physician, who treated and cured “Mad” King George III was born in Lincoln and married in Branston in 1749 to Mary Curtois, daughter of the Reverend John Curtois of Hainton House. Converted into flats many years ago, as indicated here it recently underwent refurbishment and conversion by Castle Square Developments Ltd. with John Roberts Architects to 7 apartments with one detached cottage, formerly the wash-house first converted in the early 1950s and now much extended. Archaeological investigations in 2000 found a 14m wide feature aligned approximately northwest-southeast and with steeply sloping sides. It was interpreted as a moat and it is suggested that the site of Hainton House was originally that of a medieval manor but the height of the site and its position on limestone bedrock cast doubt on this.

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