Scheduled MonumentsEnglandConduit House, Market Place

Conduit House, Market Place

England
List entry 1005016
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005016
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SK 91260 35917
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Conduit House, Market Place is a sixteenth-century structure located in Lincolnshire, England. The building served as a water distribution point, typical of market place conduits constructed during the Tudor period to supply fresh water to urban centres. Its designation as a listed monument reflects its historical importance as infrastructure serving the local community and its survival as a physical example of early modern public works. The structure remains an important record of civic provision and urban planning in medieval and early modern Lincolnshire.

Conduit House, Market Place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005016. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Conduit House, Market Place?

Conduit House, Market Place is a sixteenth-century structure located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005016.

Who is responsible for protecting Conduit House, Market Place?

Conduit House, Market Place is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005016.

What other scheduled monuments are near Conduit House, Market Place?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grantham market cross (0 km), Bowl barrow 450m north west of St Guthlac's Church (3.5 km), Harlaxton village cross (4.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Conduit House, Market Place

Conduit House, Market Place stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.