Stamford buildings [89]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 29 Sep 2021

Number 10 St Mary's Hill is half of a 12th-century house of stone, which was partially rebuilt in the late Middle Ages, and again altered in 1881. The front to the street is gabled and heavily plastered to imitate timber framing, under a stone slate roof. On the left side of the building is a 12th century doorway of two orders - see Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062958 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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