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The Grange, GRANTHAM, NG31 6PA

Lindpet House offices to the left and Eden Wine Bar in the former Blue Lion Inn in Grantham Market Place. The Blue Lion was one of the many pubs with 'blue' in the name originating from the early 19th century political rivalry between the Manners family, the Duke of Rutland from Belvoir Castle and The Brownlow family from Belton House. The Manners family were Whigs and their colour was blue - local pubs declared their political allegiance in their name and were frequented by their supporters.

It seems that the "Dissolution of the Monasteries" in 1536-38, including the religious houses in Grantham, did not cause any disruption in the water supply system (via conduits) that served some parts of the town. Indeed, in 1597 this building was erected here, where the water supply reached the adjacent Market Square. It remained part of the public water supply system from 1597 to 1851 but thereafter it continued to host a drinking fountain, possibly into the late C19th. Access to the interior is via a small door on the wrought-iron gate side of the building.

Virginia Creeper clad house on Elmer Street North

On Watergate, Grantham

This is the small building beyond the arch and is thought to be contemporary with the house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5281978 , late 18th century. The arch is a concoction of old fragments, some medieval, of unknown origin, but possibly from the original Friary. All Listed Grade II .

Grantham's original conduit was a system built by the Greyfriars in around 1314. The underground lead pipes led from an intake house (said to have been demolished in 1979, but which is also recorded as being in ruins in 1987) which protected the spring three quarters of a mile west. After the Dissolution, the conduit system was extended from the friary site to the Market Place, where the small, highly decorated conduit house building still stands. No trace remains of the original lead pipeline or the iron pipe which replaced it later on. It was the first public water supply to the town. It was a public water supply from 1597 until 1851, but continued in use as a drinking fountain possibly until the late nineteenth century.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm56806

A fine 5-bay Georgian building, late 18th century, formerly the Blue Lion Inn and now converted to offices. Listed Grade II.

In 1314 the Greyfriars established a water conduit to their house in Grantham. In 1597 the corporation built the present conduit, followed by several restorations in the 18th & 19th centuries.