Grantham s whalebone arch collapsed after many years of children taking samples as souvenirs
| Updated: 09:30, 29 December 2020
Then & Now with Ruth Crook, of Grantham Civic Society
Little Ponton Hall was built in about 1725 by William Thorold.
After several owners and tenants, the Turnor family of Stoke Rochford purchased it in 1863.
The whalebone arch, in what is now Whalebone Lane, became the target of souvenir-hunters and eventually collapsed. (43739062)
It was previously thought that Christopher Turnor installed the whalebone arch on the approach drive, now called Whalebone Lane, to create a theatrical, picturesque welcome to the hall.
The whalebone arch, once 18 feet tall, was much older, however.