View east from Boston Stump

Image: © Tiger Taken: 16 Sep 2023

Beyond the roofs covering the nave, aisles and chancel of St Botolph's Church the building in Tudor domestic style is Barclays Bank, designed by the Bradford architect Thomas Mawson in 1876. To its left, County Hall was opened in 1927 as the headquarters of Holland County Council. Since 1974, when the three "Parts" of Lincolnshire were combined into a single authority administered from Lincoln, it has continued to house various local government facilities including the Boston Library. The frontage of the bank faces the spacious, irregular Market Place. The end building on the far (eastern) side, now occupied by Poundland, was formerly a Marks & Spencer store built in the 1930s in their typical Grecian style - see Rob Farrow's similar view taken in 2011 Image To its left the main shopping street called Strait Bargate leads off, seemingly belying its name as it is obviously curved, but "Strait" here means narrow; further north it broadens into Wide Bargate, lined with a double row of trees. The prominent statue in the market commemorates Herbert Ingram (1811-1860), local MP and founder of the "Illustrated London News", who was tragically drowned in Lake Michigan following a collision between two vessels. The sculptor was Alexander Munro.

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