1678 - The Old House ,Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire
Posted by: Norfolk12
N 52° 32.670 W 000° 59.754
30U E 635899 N 5823488
A Beautiful Grade II listed Queen Anne Style House, in the High Street at Kibworth Harcourt
Waymark Code: WMAQ3V
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/10/2011
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The date is above the window lintel under the scroll.
The Old house is a rare example in Leicestershire of a 17th Century fully developed brick Renaissance house. The House was built in 1678 by William Parker who died in 1699 and whose monument in latin is in the church. The front is particularly fine and the house was considered by the late Professor W.G.Hoskins to be one of the most beautiful houses of the Charles the II period in the county.
and is grade II* listed
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