Stamford houses [166]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Sep 2021

Number 25 and 26 St Mary's Street face west across the head of the street. Number 25, on the left, was built circa 1766. The front is of ashlar under a stone slate mansard roof. The rear wall of coursed rubble stone has a timber-framed jettied upper storey. Number 26 consists of three ranges around the sides of a small garden. Built in the 18th century with later alterations and one range was rebuilt in the early 19th century. Constructed of ashlar under a stone slate roof. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1169809 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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