Elm Farm/The Elms, Main St.


Swithland Slate Roof.

W0477b Queen's Golden Jubilee 2002
W0477b Queen’s Golden Jubilee 2002

Swithland slate is best known as the material used for the Belvoir Angel Headstones across the Vale of Belvoir in the late 1600s and the early- to mid-1700s.

However, Swithland slate is a local material and it was used for other purposes, too. Elm Farm on Main Street in Hickling is a surviving example of a Swithland slate roof.

Elm Farm - Swithland slate roof (RBC Conservation Area Appraisal 2008)
Elm Farm – Swithland slate roof (RBC Conservation Area Appraisal 2008)

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