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102-105 Lincoln High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

 

102 High Street is a shop with living accommodation above. Constructed in 1887 as rebuild of an earlier property by architect William Scorer for Rev C T Swan. Three storeys and basement with uppermost in roof space, side dormer window. Red brick, but ground floor has stone courses. Three-sided bay window over entrance door. Gable has hanging tile facing. The first occupants were Messrs Bullock and Bell. It was then numbered 104-5 High Street. 1961 private house; 1965, Bullock and Driffill woodworkers supplies; 1975-1990s Timber Sales; 1997 Sew and Sews.

 

103-104 High Street was built in 1879 as 2 houses incorporating a shop for Robert Hill butcher in 1879 by builder F Taylor. Rear slaughter house applied for in 1885. Numbered 107 up until the 1890s and then 104 in 1899. Hill and Sons were still there in 1913. Thee-storey red brick with slate roof. Two bay windows on 1st floor, two vertical sashes above. 1961 H S Andrews newsagents; 1983 Godleys newsagents; 1990s Oulds newsagents; 2000s Mills Group; 2011 One Stop

 

105 High Street built in 1850 as the St Peter at Gowts Post Office, with the City Vaults public house to the rear. It was numbered 108 in 1881-5 and 105 in 1899. 1961 F Lenthall and Son, off licence and Post Office. In 1992 the front was incorporated into the City Vaults. The ground floor is single-storey, with three-storey behind. Red brick with slate roof. Conjoining bay windows on 1st and 2nd floors on frontage.

 

The High Street is the main north-south road and street through the city from the Roman period to the present day. It follows the approximate line of Roman Ermine Street with Sincil Dyke and Bargate forming the south end, Dernstall Lock/Strait the northern. It was called Magnus Vicus in 1086, the Common Street in the 14th Century. The High Street in Wigford (south of St Marys Street) was known as The Rampart in the 18th century.

 

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