Brackenborough Hall
A Lincolnshire country house with seventeenth-century fabric, substantial eighteenth-century work and later alterations, beside a separate coach house used for holiday accommodation.
A Lincolnshire country house with seventeenth-century fabric, substantial eighteenth-century work and later alterations, beside a separate coach house used for holiday accommodation.
Register entry — BRACKENBOROUGH HALL. National Heritage List for England reference: 1165515. Recorded designation: Grade II* listed building.
First listed: 1952-06-06. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165515
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
An English editorial overview and visiting guidance are available in this dossier. Check the linked official information for current opening times, access and booking arrangements.
Record
- Country house with seventeenth-century fabric
- United Kingdom
- Brackenborough with Little Grimsby
- East Midlands
- other
- 1952-06-06
Editorial reading
Historic England describes Brackenborough Hall as a small country house built and remodelled in several phases. Its record identifies seventeenth-century fabric, work of 1733–1734, later eighteenth-century changes and nineteenth- and twentieth-century additions. Brickwork, window treatment, panelling and a surviving staircase help distinguish these campaigns.
The house occupies a moated site overlooking the remains of a medieval village. The current estate's accommodation website separately identifies the Coach House beside the Hall, within a working farm. Its converted holiday apartments are not the same building as the listed principal house.
Our editorial reading: compare the house's architectural phases with the older settlement landscape and the estate's continuing agricultural use. Different buildings and historic layers should retain their own identities.
Sources: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165515 and https://www.brackenboroughhall.com/about (checked 21 October 2026).
Recommendation
Confirm access with the current operator. A stay in the Coach House or permission for a guest walk on the farm does not establish public access to the Hall's private interiors.
Location and visiting
Confirm current opening times, access and reservations with the place itself. These details follow the source record.
Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Source record: Wikimedia Commons
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