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Jermyn Street, SLEAFORD, NG34 7UL

Forming a new link between Southgate and Westgate.

30 years ago this was the site of an odd little single storey building, variously a furniture store and a cafe, which was demolished around the turn of the century, it is now a car park. The buildings beyond are the back of the White Hart mews (TF0604 passim) and the taller building is the schoolroom behind the Catholic Church (equally passim). The wall against the River Slea is broken by a former landing stage, whose access has been blocked by chunks of railings. The modern footbridge at the end has rendered it somewhat redundant - it was mainly used for access to maintain boats, but this reach is now inaccessible from both ends.

Simple. Buy a packet of guitar seeds, grow under glass at minimum 20 degrees and prick out into a large pot filled with well-rotted compost until it's 6 inches tall. Plant on in its permanent position in well-drained soil amongst other plants, ideally with a gravel mulch. As soon as the first fruits start to appear (in around 20 years) cut back all but the best one and eventually you will be rewarded with a fine specimen. Unfortunately for this gardener, he didn't do enough "Bert" (Weedon) and as a result an infestation of minimitis occurred and is now sadly peppered with the wee beasties' characteristic flight holes.

The office of Kirk and Parry, architects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_and_Parry Dates from about 1870 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1261296?section=official-list-entry

In 1879 Father Hermann Sabela, a Catholic missionary, established a Mission in Sleaford, building a chapel and a school behind it. By 1888 a church was built, and the adjacent house became a seminary. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Good Counsel. There are similar dedications in Leeds, Wickford, Glasgow and Stoke Newington, and a handful more around the world.

The former stabling and storehouses of Image have been redeveloped extensively The taller building in the background was the Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School until it relocated to a larger site in 1974. It is still used by the church.

Catholic church of 1888

This former school annexe to Kesteven and Sleaford High School may have been designed by the S.G Parry of London (1878-1924) & Wm. Kirk of Nottingham (1749-1823) partnership c1870. "Kirk and Parry of Jermyn Street" are listed in directories from the mid C19th and Kirk & Parry also designed a flour mill off Jermyn Street. There is some suggestion therefore that this particular building may have served as the ‘local’ office for their architectural work. Now in use as offices, this Grade II-listed building occupies a lodge house location/position adjacent to the entrance to this particular High School behind it. The closed end of the cul-de-sac (ahead) is predominantly residential, whereas the town centre lies behind the photographer.