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North Street, STAMFORD, PE9 1EL

A former corn or agricultural merchants building on East Street now converted to a dwelling. With deference to its past history or part of the planning application the sign writing has been retained. It reads "Hart & Son Seed Merchants".

Baptist chapel frontage added in 1900 when the older building was extended. The "Strict Baptist" congregation was founded after a public meeting in October 1831 when William Tiptaft, a well known Dissenter, addressed the congregation of the Independent chapel (later the Congregational, and now the United Reformed church) in Stamford Assembly Rooms. One of the congregation, Dr. de Merveilleux, was so inspired as to build a chapel in North Street at his own expense to follow this line of worship. Construction started in 1834, and the chapel enlarged in 1838 and 1900. See also section 39 of http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=129494 It is properly called the "Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel", where both Particular and Strict (Restricted) refer to the belief in a small band of people chosen uniquely to be saved in the afterlife. I am told that these days many Formerly Strict Baptists call themselves 'Grace Baptists'. This church is not among them.

Rebuilt in 1900.

Seed and Grain warehouse converted into a home in the early 1990s.

This is the side view of the chapel in Image The rebuilding work of 1900 can clearly be seen as brick over stone.

The presbytery (priest's house) and parish school (added in 1870) - The church was built between 1862 and 1864. It replaced an earlier building of 1834.

The presbytery (priest's house) and parish school (added in 1870) - The church was built between 1862 and 1864. It replaced an earlier building of 1834. The church was built between 1862 and 1864. It replaced an earlier building of 1834.

Number 11 Broad Street was built in the early or mid 18th century and was greatly altered in the 19th century. Constructed of ashlar under a stone slate roof. Now used as a restaurant. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062250 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.