Walmsgate Hall

Walmsgate, near Louth

Lincolnshire

England

Circa Date: 1824 w/20th century additions and alterations

Status: Destroyed

Demolished 1950s

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

House & Family History: Walmsgate was a two-story brick house built in a restrained Greek Revival style.
Chapel & Church: Henry Wilson designed the Arts & Crafts style chapel at Walmsgate for Thomas Dallas Yorke in 1901. The chapel was the inspiration for the design of St. Hugh's Church, Langworth, in 1960.
Architect: Charles Heathchote Tatham

Date of Birth: 1772
Date of Death: 1842
Nationality: British

Date: 1824
Designed: House
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Architect: Henry Wilson

Date of Birth: ?
Date of Death: ?
Nationality: ?

Date: 1901
Designed: Chapel for Thomas Dallas Yorke

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John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, p. 8, 1852.
Title: No Voice From the Hall: Early Memories of a Country House Snooper
Author: Harris, John
Year Published: 1998
Publisher: London: John Murray
ISBN: 0719555671
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Demolished

Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: Thomas Dallas Yorke, early 20th century; Yorke family here until 1950. Haggas family, 1950s.

Current Ownership Type: Demolished

Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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