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The Grade II Listed The Harlequin, 21 and 22 Steep Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

 

On corner of Michaelgate and Steep Hill dating from around 1170. A 2 storey timber framed building with jetty to north and two to east, of the late 15th century. Curved braces. Parts of earlier 12th Century fabric inside much restored. It may have been the property known as The Corner in the 13th century and The Cornershop in the 15th century. It was The Harlequin Inn from at least as early as 1791 until the licence was removed in October 1931.

 

It was recorded as being in Fish Hill (Michaelgate) in 1826. Recorded as the Harlequin and Brazier in 1868 Post Office directory. Its brewery was A and B Hall Ltd 1901-31. It was numbered 20 Steep Hill in 1863. 1791-1799, Ralph Brown, then the Harlequin and Columbine; 1825 W Ward; 1826-1843, William Brown; 1857, S Brown; 1862-3, Alfred Hyde; 1867, W L Lees; 1877, S Pool; 1881, E Thurston; 1885, W H Beckett; 1899, Mrs Cornwallis; 1913-1931, F Reynolds; 1975, Frank Brewer antique dealer (19-21) Harlequin antique galleries (bookshop) at least 1970 to date. Alterations made internally in 1901.

 

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