Brumby Hall is a late 17th-century residence and a
Grade II* Listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ire ...
in
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe () is an Industrial city, industrial town and unparished area in the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an es ...
,
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 167,446 in the 2011 census. The borough includes the towns of Scunthorpe, Brigg, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Kirton in Lindsey and Bart ...
.
History
The hall was constructed in the 17th century; a sundial dated to 1637 is present onsite. It was extended in the late 18th century by George Pycock for Thomas Pindar, and further altered and extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the early 17th century, the hall was home to
Richard Bellingham
Richard Bellingham (c. 1592 – 7 December 1672) was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death. A wealthy lawyer in Lincolnshi ...
(later Governor of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the ...
), and latterly to
Nathaniel Fiennes.
File:Brumby Hall - geograph.org.uk - 832639.jpg, Brumby Hall
File:Brumby Hall, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 592181.jpg, Crest and sundial
File:Brumby Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1650129.jpg, Gates
References
17th-century establishments in England
Buildings and structures in Lincolnshire
Grade II* listed buildings in North Lincolnshire
Buildings and structures in Scunthorpe
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