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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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