The Early English blind arcades and Perpendicular windows on the south side of the nave of All Saints.

September 2011

The view of All Saints from the south is particularly impressive - Perpendicular windows rising above Early English blind arcades with the tower and spire behind.

Within the largely 15th century building, are 13th century arcades, fine Victorian stained glass, and brasses to the Browne family - 15th century wool merchants and benefactors of the church.

September 2011

The view of the south side of All Saints' church looking across Red Lion Square.

The Great North Road (or A1) ran through the square but the scene is remarkably quiet and traffic-free.

postcard 1920s

The identical view about 90 years later.

As far as the buildings are concerned, very little has changed, though the loss of the fine lamp standard in the centre of the square is to be regetted.

Despite the creation of the by-pass for the A1 in 1960, traffic is always heavy in this part of the town.

June 2012

A nicely shaped wrought iron boot scraper by the entrance at the south door.

March 2016

The three-bay south arcade has octofoil piers and stiff-leaf capitals.

March 2016

The Particular Baptists built this chapel in 1834 on Chapel Yard, North Street. It was extensively remodelled, including the Italianate principal façade, by J B Corby* in 1900. It seats 800.

* Joseph Boothroyd Corby (1839-1913) was a local architect, born in the town. He was employed by the Burghley Estate and undertook a variety of significant projects in the local area.

January 2022 

The fine inscription above the entrance porch.

January 2022 

"Now residence, but interior still retains baths"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062285 

DB 3 July 2019 

At the corner of Park Lane & B1443.

DB 3 July 2019 

Browne's Hospital (on the extreme right) in Broad Street was built in 1475-76 to provide accommodation for ten men and two women.

The south range along the street is raised above a terrace.

1920s postcard

Burghley House, about 1 mile south-east of the centre of Stamford actually lies in Cambridgeshire, formerly the Soke of Peterborough, Northants.

Looking from the Ante Chapel towards the Chapel itself through the arches.

Altar painting by Paolo Veronese glimpsed through the central arch.

DB 3 April 2014

Room named after the C18 state bed - recently conserved.

DB 3 April 2014

C18 state bed and marquetry furniture 1665 by Pierre Golle 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Golle 

DB 3 April 2014

Painted ceiling in the Blue Silk Bedroom.

DB 3 April 2014

The Dressing Room has a display of Japanese and Chinese wares.

DB 3 April 2014

The Bow Room was the 5th Earl's State Dining Room.

DB 3 April 2014

The small bed was used by Princess Victoria (later Queen) when she visited Burghley with her mother. 

DB 3 April 2014

First state room in the south wing leading onto the 2nd, 3rd and 4th George Rooms, Heaven Room and the Hell Staircase. 

DB 3 April 2014

The Fourth George Room contains a fine Florentine cabinet given by Archduke Cosimo de Medici III.

DB 3 April 2014

The Great Hall has an original Tudor double hammer beam roof and fireplace. 

DB 3 April 2014

""The Heaven Room" has substantial ceiling paintings by Antonio Verrio, between 1697 and 1699"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghley_House 

DB 3 April 2014

Detail from the Heaven Room painted ceiling.

DB 3 April 2014

Heaven Room with a resplendent silver wine cooler by Philip Rollos 1710.

DB 3 April 2014

Ceiling above the "Hell Staircase" painted by Antonio Verrio between 1697 and 1699.

Showing the entrance to hell as cat's mouth.

Painting was cleaned in 1993.

DB 3 April 2014

Detail from the Hell Staircase paintings.

DB 3 April 2014

Base of the Hell Staircase.

DB 3 April 2014

Hog's Hall has a display of leather fire buckets.

Old Kitchen visible through the open doorway. 

DB 3 April 2014

A room created from the C16 long gallery.

DB 3 April 2014

"Vaulted kitchen of circa 1556 north of hall"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127501 

DB 3 April 2014

A porcelain pagoda in the corner gives this room its name.

DB 3 April 2014

Enfilade of rooms in the west wing visible from Queen Elizabeth's Bedroom - all created from the C16 long gallery.

DB 3 April 2014

"'Roman' staircase with coffered stone vault"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127501 

The only remaining Tudor staircase at Burghley.

DB 3 April 2014

Another fine C18 state bed.

DB 3 April 2014

"A grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built and still lived in by the Cecil family.

The exterior largely retains its Elizabethan appearance, but most of the interiors date from remodellings before 1800.

The house is open to the public on a seasonal basis and displays a circuit of grand and richly furnished state apartments"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghley_House 

DB 25 March 2016

"The south side altered by Capability Brown circa 1763-5, 3 storeys, the top storey has blind windows, 12 bays the ground floor has 9 bay arcade and a C17 segmental pediment over the central entrance"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127501 

DB 25 March 2016

Painted ceiling in the Third George Room.

DB 3 April 2014

Kelly's Directory 1913 states :-

"Burghley House, the seat of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Exeter (custos of Peterborough soke) is a magnificent mansion of stone in the form of a parallelogram, erected in 1575, under the direction of John Thorpe, architect, in the reign of Elizabeth, by the Lord Treasurer William Cecil, 1st Baron of Burghley, and situated in the county of Northampton, about one mile and a half south from the town ; there is a beautiful courtyard and a chapel with a spire :

the park is studded with stately trees, and divided into three portions, viz. : the upper, lower and middle parks, of which the lower is always open to the public ; the middle park is used for grazing and game preserving, and the upper park contains an extensive herd of deer ; the entire park is about two miles in length and one in width, and contains about 1,500 acres :

the rearing of foreign trout for the lakes, which extend three quarters of a mile, is carried on in the conservatories with great success".

DB 25 March 2016

"West front dated 1577 is 1:3:3:3:1 bays with projecting bay windows in the recesses between the angle towers and the central 4 storey entrance tower which has 4 octagonal corner turrets with ogee cupolas and a 3 storeyed canted bay window above a round arch bay with fine wrought iron gates by Jean Tijou.

Openwork cresting over the parapet"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127501

DB 25 March 2016

Wrought iron gates by Jean Tijou a French Huguenot ironworker.

DB 25 March 2016

Burghley House is surrounded by a landscape created by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown.

A close friend of the family, he actually had a room set aside for him in the house.

"Circa 1756-1778 by Capability Brown whose master plan for Burghley is dated 1756, and the final account is dated 1779. Neo-Jacobean ...

Possibly inspired by the Jacobean banqueting house at Campden House, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331235 

DB 25 March 2016

"Dated 1871. Boat house on south-east side of the lake in Burghley Park"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1127504 

DB 25 March 2016

This fine entrance to Burghley from the former Great North Road south of Stamford was designed by William Legg, a Stamford architect, in 1799.

The pair of lodges provide 2-bedroom accommodation for former estate employees.

1920s postcard

"The Bridge ... 1775 said to be by Lancelot Brown ...

Stone balustrades with couchant lions, by Henry Gilbert of Stamford, at the ends.

Carries drive over the west end of the lake in Burghley Park which was landscaped by Brown from 1756"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331236 

DB 16 March 2014

A nearby plaque states :-

"Site of William the Conqueror's castle erected 1068. Ruinous by 1340, demolished by mid 16th century. The only visible standing remains incorporate part of the castle's 13th century great hall. Stamford Civic Society 2016"

DB 3 July 2019

An associated plaque states :-

"One of the great love stories of the medieval age, the love of Edward I for his wife Eleanor of Castile, is commemorated in the sculpture, the soaring spire to your right.

They were married for 36 years and were inseparable; the Queen even went with her husband on the Crusades.

When Eleanor died in I290 of a 'slow fever', at Harby near Lincoln, Edward resolved to honour her memory.

He built a monument at the cross roads in each of the towns where the Queen's body rested overnight on the way to burial in Westminster Abbey, in the hope that pilgrims and those passing by would pray for her soul.

There were originally twelve monuments, at Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Cheapside and Charing Cross, but only the three at Northampton, Geddington and Waltham have survived.

All that remains of our Eleanor Cross is a small fragment of a rose carved in stone which is now displayed in Stamford Museum.

This symbol of a remarkable love has inspired the sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress which celebrates Stamford's place in Eleanor's story.

Pupils of Queen Eleanor Technology College have written short haiku poems, elegant 17 syllable phrases, which have been carved into the bronze studs surrounding the sculpture" 

DB 3 July 2019 

The George Hotel was in existence as an inn by 1568.

Much of the present building dates from the eighteenth century.

This rear courtyard gives some impression of the size and importance of this coaching inn.

undated postcard

The school buildings in this pre-war photograph are those of Hay & Oliver (1874).

The school chapel, to the right, is the original church of St Paul, taken over by the school in 1548. It was restored by Traylen & Lenton in 1930.

1920s postcard

View along High Street in the 1920s.

undated postcard

Looking east with the tower of the church of St Michael evident. The impressive building along the right is the façade of the Lloyds TSB Bank.

Postcard, mailed in April 1905

"The present brewery was established in 1825 although it is probable that activities connected with brewing and malting have been carried out on this site for centuries.

The antique steam brewing equipment at All Saints Brewery is used to make a range of organic handcrafted fruit beers"

http://www.allsaintsbrewery.co.uk/ 

DB 25 October 2011

"Visitors to Stamford can enjoy the fruit beers at the Melbourn Bros' pub at the brewery on All Saints Street"

http://www.allsaintsbrewery.co.uk/ 

DB 3 July 2019 

Listed in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 :-

"Hunt George & Hy. Robt. brewers, Water st. St. Martin's"

There is reference to an embezzlement at the brewery :-

"Hunt's brewery in Stamford lost around £2,500 through the embezzlements of their managing clerk Herbert Stanton, who had been with the firm for 13 years.

The resulting trial at Stamford Quarter Sessions was headline news during 1907, ending with Stanton being sentenced to three years' imprisonment"

http://www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/157/Soames.pdf 

Brewery closed 1927 following acquisition by Mowbray & Co. Ltd.

http://breweryhistory.com/wiki/index.php?title=G_%26_H_R_Hunt 

DB 3 July 2019

This church, built of local stone for the Wesleyan Methodists, opened in 1886 on the site of No.11 Barn Hill, immediately in front of the older church (which was retained for the Sunday School). The cost was approximately £3000.

September 2014

Daniel Lambert (13 March 1770 ' 21 June 1809) renowned as the heaviest man in England weighing 52 stone 11 lbs (335 kgs).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lambert 

DB 3 July 2019 

Externally, much of St George's is Perpendicular.

The chancel, built with money left by Sir William Bruges the first Garter King of Arms, has a fine display of heraldic glass. 

Within the spacious nave are tall, slender piers of the 13th and 14th centuries.

September 2014

The tower of St George's was rebuilt and reduced in size in the 17th century, the west porch being a mid-nineteenth century addition.

In 1887 J.C Traylen* extended the aisles so that they now embrace the tower.

September 2014

* John Charles Traylen ARIBA (1845-1907) was educated in Northamptonsire and was at one time surveyor of the archdeaconry of Lincoln. His archtectural practice was located in Stamford from 1884 until his death.

St John's is Perpendicular in appearance, and dates largely from the mid-15th century - though the tower is said to be earlier.

The spacious interior has painted angel roofs, screens and some fine stained glass - all of 15th century date.

The church is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.

September 2014

North west door - the usual entrance to the church.

September 2014

Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) was a celebrated conductor, especially remembered for his flamboyant performances at the Last Night of the Proms.

He was born in Ashford, Kent and spent his early life in Stamford and attended Stamford School.

This plaque is located in the south aisle of the church of St John Baptist where Sargent was a chorister.

October 2020

St Leonards was founded c1100 by the monks of Durham to administer their southern estates.

The west front, seen here, and the north arcade, survive from the original Norman church.

September 2014

On the north side can be seen the sturdy piers and round arches of the Norman north arcade.

There were six bays - the two westernmost being an extension built in the late 12th century.

September 2014

The west end is a fine example of late Norman work.

The elaborate central doorway is flanked by smaller openings, while above are seven round-headed arches, three of which are windows.  Above these - an almond-shaped window.

September 2014 

The Perpendicular tower of St Martin's stands next to the High Street St Martin's, south of the town centre.

The entire building dates to the late 15th century, and has windows with 15th century glass - brought from Tattershall in the 18th century.

There are memorials within to members of the Cecil family, notably William Cecil, Lord Burghley d 1598, advisor to Queen Elizabeth.

September 2014

View from the north west.

September 2014

View of St Martin's church looking north along St Martin's.

card by Tuck, posted 1955

An important landmark in the town, St Mary's has a 13th century tower with Early English arcading supporting a broach spire dating from the14th century.

"The most magnificent broach spire in England" - Henry Thorold.

September 2011

View from the bridge over the Welland.

postcard dated 1904

Another view of St Mary's looking north along St Mary's Hill with the bridge over the Welland bfore the gentle slope up to the church.

1920s postcard

St Michael's is a substantial church in Early English style built in 1835 by John Brown of Norwich.

The church was declared redundant in 1974 and has been converted into shops.

September 2011 

This station, known as Stamford East, was the terminus of the line to Essendine where there was a junction with the main East Coast line between Peterborough and Grantham.

The line close for passenger traffic in 1959; freight services continued until 1969.

1920s postcard

Former railway station now a private house.

"Stamford East railway station was the Stamford and Essendine Railway station in Water Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire.

The line was worked by the Great Northern Railway but retained its independence until 1886, when the GNR took the line on perpetual lease"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_East_railway_station 

DB 3 July 2019

"The station was formerly known as Stamford Town to distinguish it from the now closed Stamford East station in Water Street.

It is often printed on timetables and train tickets as Stamford (Lincs) to distinguish it from either Stamford Hill station in London or Stanford-le-Hope station in Essex.

"Opened as part of the Syston & Peterborough Railway by the Midland Railway in 1848.

Designed in a Tudor-inspired style by noted railway architect Sancton Wood (1816-1886), who two years earlier had designed Dublin's Heuston, formerly Kingsbridge, Station .

The weathervane on the turret still bears the initials of the Syston & Peterborough Railway.

The station is Listed Grade II"

DB 3 July 2019 

Located immediately to the west of the station. 

"General goods services in Stamford finished in the late 1960s but the coal yard remained in use until 16 May 1983. 

When the coal yard closed, the opportunity was also taken to close the signal box"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_railway_station 

DB 3 July 2019 

Stamford School was founded in 1309 and established on the present site in 1548.

New buildings were erected in 1873 at a cost of £7000.

March 2016

The fine entrance to Blashfield's terra cotta works on Wharf Road, Stamford, have been retained even though the site behind has been completely redeveloped.

J N Blashfield moved from London to Stamford in 1859 and made ornamental and decorative tiles here.

J C Grant, agricultural implement maker and iron founder, had occupied the site for the previous 15 years.

The terra cotta works closed in 1875.

An attractive area of open meadowland has been retained alongside the Welland to the west of the town centre.

In this view the towers of four town churches can be seen: from the left, All Saints, St John Baptist, St Michael, and St Mary.

1920s postcard

A Turnpike Trust was formed in 1762 for the road between Deeping and Morcott in Rutland.

The Newstead Toll Bar stood on what is now the A16 between Stamford and Uffington.

undated postcard

The Town Bridge across the Welland which links the town to St Martin (to the right), once in Northamptonshire.

postcard 1925

An almost identical photograph to the previous one.

1920s postcard

This substantial church in Star Lane was built as a Congregational chapel in 1819 with seating for 800 at a cost of £1800. It replaced an earlier chapel (built 1720) on the same site.

The windows on the upper floor are the ones of the Georgian period; those on the lower floor are Victorian. Inside are box pews and a gallery around three sides.

March 2016