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23 and 25, High Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Boston, Lincolnshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9763 / 52°58'34"N

Longitude: -0.0245 / 0°1'28"W

OS Eastings: 532740

OS Northings: 343927

OS Grid: TF327439

Mapcode National: GBR JWH.DLR

Mapcode Global: WHHLQ.LGJ5

Plus Code: 9C4XXXGG+G5

Entry Name: 23 and 25, High Street

Listing Date: 14 February 1975

Last Amended: 15 November 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1388869

English Heritage Legacy ID: 486330

ID on this website: 101388869

Location: Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21

County: Lincolnshire

District: Boston

Electoral Ward/Division: Station

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Boston

Traditional County: Lincolnshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire

Church of England Parish: Boston St Botolph

Church of England Diocese: Lincoln

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Description



BOSTON

TF3243NE HIGH STREET
716-1/10/37 (West side)
14/02/75 Nos.23 AND 25
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
No.23)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
No.25)

GV II

House and public house, now club. House C18 and public house
C15, altered C19, C20. Timber frame, brick infill and
colourwashed brick, Welsh slate roof.
EXTERIOR: No.25: 2 storeys, 4-bay front with 2 C20 entrance
doors and brick pillars on ground floor. Above is a jettied
1st floor with wall plate, 5 vertical posts and curved end
braces exposed between brick infill. 2 C20 casements. Deep
overhanging eaves on curved brackets. Deep fascia and secret
lead gutter.
To right No.23: 3 storeys, 5-bay front with modillioned eaves
cornice. Ground floor completely rebuilt C20 with 3 fixed
glazing bar lights with segmental heads. To 1st floor a
central C20 casement is flanked by single C19 canted oriel
windows with flat lead roofs. The blockings of earlier windows
can be seen. To 2nd floor 5 C20 glazing bar casements with
brick segmental heads.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: a timber-framed rear wing was demolished in 1979. It
was formerly the Saracens Head, and first mentioned as an Inn
in 1564.
(Harden G: Medieval Boston and its Archaeological
Implications: Sleaford: 1978-; Horton G: A Survey of the Inns
of Boston: Boston: 1988-).


Listing NGR: TF3274043927

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