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High Street West, OAKHAM, LE15 9QF

On High Street West, Uppingham.

These houses and cottages are typical of the centre of Uppingham, built mainly of a mixture of ironston and limestone with some in brick.

A good mixture of periods and styles in High Street West.

Number 48 High Street West is a 17th century house. Constructed of coursed ironstone rubble stone under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1295117 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.

Merion House, number 50 High street West, was originally built in the 17th century and altered and heightened in the 19th century. Constructed of coursed Ironstone rubble stone under a Welsh slate roof. Listed, for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1073967 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.

Number 58 High Street West was built in the early 18th century and the adjoining shop was added in the 20th century. Constructed of coursed Ironstone rubble stone on a part rendered plinth under a Collyweston stone slate roof. The one room shop is in glazed tiles under a flat roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1361444 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.

Number 52 High Street West was built in the late 17th or early 18th century. Constructed of coursed Ironstone rubble stone under a Collyweston stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1073968 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.

Number 60 High Street West was built in the 18th century and extended by one bay in the 19th century. Constructed of coursed Ironstone rubble stone under a Collyweston stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1178328 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.

Gamble Cottage, number 54 High Street West, was built in the 16th century and heightened in the 18th or 19th century. Constructed of square, coursed Ironstone under a Welsh slate roof. Part of the original roof structure remains. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1295126 Uppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland, and received its charter in 1281. It is located near the border with Northamptonshire, approximately 17 miles east of Leicester and some 20 miles west of Peterborough. The A47 road ran through the town until a bypass was built in 1982. The town is home to Uppingham School, an independent, co-educational, fee charging school for boarders aged 13 to 18, founded in 1584.