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Capella Close, SPALDING, PE11 2TB

A fine late-Georgian terrace facing the River Welland, possibly by John Cunnington in 1813. Grade II* listed.

A fine display of Georgian houses facing the River Welland. The group on the left is Welland Terrace, possibly by John Cunnington in 1813. The others range from the mid-C18th to early-C19th, and all are either Grade II or Grade II* listed. Spalding is an attractive town which makes unusually good use of its river. Handsome buildings line either side facing each other across the river.

A fine display of Georgian houses facing the River Welland, dating from the late-C18th or early-C19th (except for the late-C19th black and white projection). All are Grade II listed. Spalding is an attractive town which makes unusually good use of its river. Handsome buildings line either side facing each other across the river.

These houses lining the western bank of the Welland have alternated between run down and elegant ever since they were built. They are, in fact, wonderfully spacious places to live, although the huge rear gardens and mews were built on a hundred years ago. The one of the right has an Edwardian porch in place of the two front windows, and despite the presence of a large internal lintel the windows above have sagged as a consequence. But the porch has original hundred year old glass, curved in the outer panes, and darkening in colour with age. The black doors are a modern return to the original elegance. The top floor has smaller windows because those would have been servants or children's rooms, but they are not as small as those in Stamford, for example, making these late Georgian or even early Victorian.

Georgian style houses facing Ayscoughee hall across the Welland. The small white diamonds on the facia are double flagpole sockets. Perhaps dating back to Mafeking night, or some such thing, but certainly used regularly for Jubilees and for the much lamented Tulip weekend. It is odd that the further you go along the row the higher they are fitted.

Late 18th or early 19th century Grade II Listed houses.

A long row of varied speculative development from the Georgian Era, lining the River Welland. These are a group of grade II listed buildings: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063943?section=official-list-entry . The further ones are grade II* listed: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359539?section=official-list-entry .

I imagine it must concentrate the minds of the Welland and Deeping internal drainage board to have their offices here, a few yards from the threatening River Welland. This body are the successors to the commissioners of Deeping Fen, who erected the drainage engines at Pode Hole (see Image]) They have a web site at http://www.wellandidb.org.uk/

This is a strange arrangement that I have not seen elsewhere. Two of the three houses in this Terrace have a main door and a (slightly) less ornate one below it. The main door is reached by a narrow path and elegant turning set of steps. The lower one is at the end of a paved ramp down from street level.

This is the partner of the house in Image], with the ramp down to a lower status door below the main one, something like a medieval German merchant's house. It can't be that there is no rear access for the servants - look this small hand gate gives onto a footpath round to the back of the houses. The description on the National Heritage web site merely says "Steps up to door with ornamental iron guard, over basement entry, now garage." https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1063944