Teapot Hall – Fulney

We had a gentlemen come into the Forge on Wednesday with some lovely 1932 maps but also asking about Teapot Hall.

I contacted Mr Bateman and he provided the following:

Although I do not remember the actual building, I can confirm that it would have been located in Camelgate Lane, virtually opposite to where the entrance to Springfields is now. In the 1950’s (and probably earlier) there was a bungalow there which had a white painted shed at the side on which was painted the image of a large red teapot. This was next door to where my grandfather’s relations, Mr and Mrs Smalley, lived. I used to visit there on occasions and they told me that some years previously, a large house or mansion had once stood on the site of the bungalow. Apparently, a large ornate teapot had always been displayed in one of the front windows of the house, so consequently it became known as Teapot Hall. This was probably not it’s proper name, but rather the one by which it was known locally. The bungalow and the Smalley’s house were demolished to make way for the main Springfields car park. The fields which Springfields now occupy were farmed by G.W. Chatterton, who my father and grandfather worked for. Consequently, I used to spend some time down there and vividly recall the tall red image of the teapot on the shed or maybe it was a pigeon loft. For many years I never realised that the correct name for the road was Camelgate Lane, since everyone referred to it as ‘Teapot Hall’.

There is a view of Camelgate Lane in the South Holland Looks Back video on You Tube. It shows the Cottage which the Mr & Mrs Smalley lived in. It is the greyish house which appears briefly at 1min 49sec, and Teapot Hall would have been just past there. (my father ploughed the field opposite!)

Link to the video can be found by clicking HERE

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