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Burghley Street, BOURNE, PE10 9NS

In past times, the land to the west of North Street was occupied by low standard housing occupied by working class families but towards the end of the 19th century new developments began to change the area, notably the building of this attractive crescent of cottages in what is now Burghley Street. Exeter Row is so named because these houses were the first to be built there circa 1870 by the Marquess of Exeter, Lord of the Manor of Bourne, originally as cottages for artisans and now privately owned. These terraced cottages occupy one of the most prominent positions in Bourne and the attractive white frontage gives them a distinguished appearance on a sunny day.

Clare Court, a block of small apartments The British Legion clubhouse. Both hidden away in Burghley street, out of sight of the rest of the town.

This old four-storey building just a short step from the town centre began life in the early years of the 19th century as a grain warehouse when Bourne had a flourishing corn trade but has since had several other commercial uses such as a maltings, flax factory and animal feed store. In 2008, the warehouse was bought by South Kesteven District Council for £350,000 as part of the proposed redevelopment of the town centre which subsequently fell through but the council used this and other nearby properties for a less ambitious scheme to provide 14 private flats and an arcade of seven shops of which the newly refurbished warehouse now forms part.

The early 19th century corn warehouse in Burghley Street stood empty for several years until bought by South Kesteven District Council for redevelopment and work began in the autumn of 2012 to turn the building into flats with an accompanying arcade of shops. See Image

My father was a pre-war veteran of the Isle of Man TT, and called this dangerous little bend 'Bungalow corner' with his customary dry wit.

The Hereward Lodge was formed in 1868 but members did not get their own premises until 1938 when a lodge was built in Wherry’s Lane at a cost of £1,500. In recent years, it was described as the most unattractive building in town yet remained in use until demolished in 2010 to make way for a new shopping precinct and the lodge now occupies a more modern Masonic centre in Roman Bank. See the new Masonic Centre Image

The grumpy notice seen in Image is not alone. They have been put up at every opportunity. I am puzzled by this. Why not a coded barrier if they are so frightened by strangers using the parking places? Why this thuggish enforcement system instead of controlled entry? Can it be with fines this high that enforcement is a more profitable approach than prevention?

The Royal British Legion headquarters is a useful rather than attractive building, opened in 1980 at a converted corn warehouse in Burghley Street previously occupied by the East Midlands Electricity Board's social club and now with later additions to the side and rear to provide the modern facilities required under the regulations for a licensed bar and clubroom.

I've been away. I knew that the rest of the Wherry's Lane site was going to be redeveloped, but I got home and found this bunch of buildings has appeared. See Image for the eventual outcome

In the middle of the carpark at Image is this sewage pump control box. Why it could not have been inside the adjacent compound, only the gods of builders know. Bourne is flat, on the edge of the fens, and there is very little natural fall for black water to the treatment works on the edge of town. Perhaps a metre or so in 2km. With the crowding in of new housing in the town centre, some boosting was inevitably required, and this is a sensible provision.