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Brownes Hospital, Broad Street, STAMFORD, PE9 1PF

Cloister court, with James Fowler's 1870 buildings on the north and east sides. Listed Grade II*.

The courtyard of Browne's Hospital which is surrounded by the almshouses. Browne's Hospital consists of a courtyard with the main range with Chapel on the south, a cloister on the west, almshouses on the north and the warden's house on the east. The hospital was founded by William Browne and was completed in 1476. The almshouses were almost completely rebuilt in 1870 and a new warden's house added. The construction is mainly of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings under stone slate roofs. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062247 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.

The chapel of Browne's Hospital with the entrance porch to the almshouses on the left. Browne's Hospital consists of a courtyard with the main range with Chapel on the south, a cloister on the west, almshouses on the north and the warden's house on the east. The hospital was founded by William Browne and was completed in 1476. The almshouses were almost completely rebuilt in 1870 and a new warden's house added. The construction is mainly of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings under stone slate roofs. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062247 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.

Both ticket machines out of order today

Slightly cheeky peek over the site boards at construction in North Street. This large site used to be a garage, and then the Loughborough motor factors, before standing unused for 20 years. It has been cleared and construction has started and stopped again.

Cloister, looking north. The nearest part is late 15th century, the remainder being Fowler's extension of 1870, in the same style.

The courtyard of Browne's Hospital which is surrounded by the almshouses. Browne's Hospital consists of a courtyard with the main range with Chapel on the south, a cloister on the west, almshouses on the north and the warden's house on the east. The hospital was founded by William Browne and was completed in 1476. The almshouses were almost completely rebuilt in 1870 and a new warden's house added. The construction is mainly of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings under stone slate roofs. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062247 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.

A lamp in the entrance porch of Browne's Hospital. Browne's Hospital consists of a courtyard with the main range with Chapel on the south, a cloister on the west, almshouses on the north and the warden's house on the east. The hospital was founded by William Browne and was completed in 1476. The almshouses were almost completely rebuilt in 1870 and a new warden's house added. The construction is mainly of coursed rubble stone with ashlar dressings under stone slate roofs. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062247 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.