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Water Street, STAMFORD, PE9 2NW

Welland House, number 16 Water Street, was built in 1834. Constructed of coursed rubble stone with freestone dressings and plinth under a stone slate mansard roof. Many original internal features and fittings remain. Now part of Stamford High School. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062936 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.

Late 18th century house, dated 1795, now part of Stamford School, Listed Grade II*.

On a damp grey morning, stone houses look out over an open space on the banks of the River Welland.

I wanted the one on the other side of the road and could not find it anywhere

Number 15 Water Street was built in the early 18th century with later alterations and additions. Constructed of coursed rubble stone with an ashlar front rebuilt in the late 18th century, all under a stone slate mansard roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1360050 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.

Early 18th century house, Listed Grade II.

On the riverbank in Stamford

Number 14 Water Street was built gable end to the street in the 17th century with later alterations. Constructed of coursed rubble stone under a stone slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1170393 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.

Stone-built cottage with 17th century origins, Listed Grade II.