An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1977.
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'St. John's Street', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford, (London, 1977) pp. 124. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/p124 [accessed 16 April 2024]
St. John's Street (Fig. 169)
Forming part of the Great North Road in the Middle Ages, this street lies on the line of the W. side of the Danish burh.
(311) Houses, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, two storeys and attics, stone walls partly encasing the timber-framing of No. 1, have an irregular plan conforming with the curve of the street. The exterior of No. 1 was refaced soon after 1822 when Nos. 2 and 3 were rebuilt after the corner house had been demolished by the Turnpike Trustees for road improvement (LRO, Terrier of St. John's church, 1822). The two new houses share a central stack and have stairs along the back wall. A fireplace with angle-roundels survives on the first floor.
(312) House, Nos. 11, 12, two storeys and attics, rendered front walls, has an 18th-century or earlier origin. The ground floor is gutted for shops. In the slate-hung, timber-framed rear wing of No. 12 there is an 18th-century kitchen fireplace with elliptical head and keystone.
(313) House, No. 14, three storeys, coursed rubble and freestone dressings, is the pair of houses built by the Earl of Exeter in 1795–6 at a cost in excess of £378. The mason was Robert Hames and the carpenter Thomas Pilkington (Exeter Day Books). Demolished 1973.