Listed buildings in Helpston 1

Woodgate looking north, 2022
Peter Wordsworth
Old postcard of Woodgate
Helpston.net archive

Buildings in Woodgate, Broad Wheel Road, Heath Road and Stamford Road.

There are 59 listed structures in Helpston parish that have been designated by the Secretary of State (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)as at 2023) as being of special architectural or historic interest.

The information on the buildings below is drawn from the Historic England website. All buildings in this list are Grade II listed, except Clare Cottage which is Grade II*.

Woodgate east side

Vicarage Farmhouse 1
18th century. Coursed stone rubble with pitched concrete tile roof.
Historic England list entry number 1126778

Old Vicarage 3
Large late 18th century. Early 19th century front (south) addition to an 18th century house at rear (north). South front is coursed stone. Collyweston stone roof1.
HE list entry number 1164594

Cowshed immediately north of Woodgate Farmhouse
Probably early 18th century. Coursed stone rubble with pitched asbestos roof.
HE list entry number 1164604

Woodgate Farmhouse
17th century house restored in 19th century, with later addition at east end. Coursed stone rubble with concrete tile roof, east end is slated. Tablet in end gable “S” above J M 1688″.
HE list entry number 1365656

Stables to south east of Woodgate Farmhouse
Probably early 18th century stable building. Coursed stone rubble with Collyweston stone roof1.
HE list entry number 1126736

Barn immediately south of Woodgate Farmhouse
Probably early 18th century. Four bay barn. Coursed stone rubble with thatched roof2. Barn doors.
HE list entry number 1126735

Barnside Cottage
Two 18th century whitewashed stone rubble cottages converted into one, and refaced in brick at north end. Thatched roof2.
HE list entry number 1331600

Spring Farmhouse 17
17th century and earlier stone house, heightened and refronted in red brick in mid 19th century. To the right a projecting stone wall with a medieval chamfered arch doorway.
HE list entry number 1126737

Barn immediately south-west of No 17 (Spring Farmhouse). Probably early 18th century. Small coursed stone rubble barn with slate roof. Facing road a central doorway. Date “1832” inscribed above door. Barn doors facing garden at rear.
HE list entry number 1331601

Shepherds Way 19
Early 19th century cottage. Coursed stone rubble with Collyweston stone roof1. 19th century stone rubble extension with pantile roof attached to the north end of 21.
HE list entry number 1126738

21 
18th century whitewashed stone rubble cottage with thatched roof2. Stone tablet under eaves inscribed “C” over “I M 1789”.  19th century stone rubble extension at north end with lower pantile roof.
HE list entry number 1331602

Woodgate west side

Woodgate Cottage 22 and Woodgate 24
17th century/early 18th century, (formerly listed as Nos 22 and 24), extended one bay at south end. Coursed stone rubble with thatched roof2.
HE list entry number 1331604

Woodgate (Old Oak Cottage) 18 and Woodgate 20
Early 18th century range of cottages, formerly the Royal Oak inn. Coursed stone rubble with thatched roof. No 20 whitewashed.
HE list entry number 1164707

Clare Cottage 16 3
17th century/early 18th century cottage. Extended at south end in 18th century. Whitewashed stone rubble with thatched roof2.
The birthplace of the poet John Clare (1793-1864).
HE list entry number 1331603

Dovecote to north west of Clare Cottage
18th century. Coursed stone with Collyweston stone roof1. Tablet inscribed “A” over “W.S. 1760”. Nesting boxes inside with stone ledges.
HE list entry number 1126741

Bluebell public house 4
Early 19th century. Coursed stone rubble with Collyweston stone roof1.
HE list entry number 1126740

Wainfleet House 4 5
Early 19th century house. Coursed stone rubble, hipped roof with new tiles.
HE list entry number 1126739

Broad Wheel Road

Tinderbox Cottage 2
Early 18th century cottage. Coursed stone rubble with  Collyweston stone roof1.
HE list entry number 1126760

Heath Road

Manor Farmhouse
Late 18th century/early 19th century house with 17th century rear wing. Stone rubble with Collyweston stone roof1.
HE list entry number 1126768

Stamford Road

Scotsman’s Lodge
18th century farmhouse with mid 19th century wing. Coursed stone with Collyweston stone roof1. Formerly Helpston Heath Farmhouse. 
HE list entry number 1126770

Source
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/

1 Collyweston stone slated properties
Thatched properties
3 John Clare
4 The Landlords of The Bluebell Inn from c.1780 to 1939
5 Wainfleet House, No 4 Woodgate

 

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