Stamford houses [133]

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Stamford houses [133]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 28 Sep 2021

Numbers 14 and 15 Lumby's Terrace form the entrance to the terrace of numbers 1 to 13, seen at Image and Image Constructed in 1826 (number 15) and 1827 (number 14), of coursed rubble stone under hipped stone slate roofs. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360387 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.

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52.64922
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