Belleau Manor

In the civil parish of Belleau. In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

The medieval moated site of Belleau Manor. The moat, which measures up to 14m in width, is waterfilled to the west, south and north-east. Part of the eastern and northern arms have been infilled. The western and southern arms carry water originating from a nearby spring. The southern and part of the western arms have an external bank. The northern moat arm is spanned by a post-medieval, arched, brick bridge which is thought to occupy the same site as the original access to the island. The moat island is rectangular and measures approximately 140m by 95m. The medieval manor house which originally stood upon it was replaced by a hall in C16. The remains of this hall, along with some C18 and C20 alterations, have been incorporated into the Grade II listed barn which stands in the centre of the island. A late C17 manor house, thought to have been an extension to the earlier hall, was demolished in 1978. A C20 stable block includes within its fabric a stone arch, taken from the former gatehouse. Red brick in English bond with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Single storey, originally 4 bay front with plinth and one remaining 3 light window with transom and 4 centred arched heads to the lights, concave moulded surround and drip mould. Another window retains the ashlar surround only and a third has a drip mould. 2 windows have brick relieving arches. The rear wall has 5 blocked segmental headed openings and to the right hand end only a chamfered ashlar eaves course survives, otherwise large C20 double doors. At the right hand end is a stepped and coped chimney stack base, and an overbuilt tumbled gable. This represents a small survival of the house of the Lords Willoughby d'Eresby which belonged to Sir Harry Vane after the Civil War.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law. This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 196071)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF40257838

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 355515
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 43600 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p69 [slight]
    Cox, J.C., 1924 (2edn), The Little Guide to Lincolnshire p59
    White, W., 1872 (3edn), Directory of Lincolnshire p256
• Journal Articles
  • Everson, P., 1979, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol14 p68
    Bond, C.M. (ed), 1979, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol6 p13-14
    1968, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol3 p32
• Other sources, 'grey' literature, unpublished works, etc. (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
  • English Heritage, Oct 2000, Scheduling record: Belleau Manor moated site and dovecote. SAM 33124