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BOSTON TF3243SE HIGH STREET 716-1/14/65 (East side) 27/05/49 Nos.124-136 (Even) GV II* Terrace of 7 houses, some converted to flats. c1700 with early C19 alterations. Brown brick in English bond, ashlar dressings, steeply pitched hipped pantile roof with 4 large ridge stacks. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus cellar, palace front of 18 bays, the central 6 bays slightly advanced. Plinth with ashlar sill band. Full height pilasters divide the bays and are linked by segmental arches with keystones. Corbelled and dentilled eaves course, moulded cornice to lead wall head gutter. All doors are reached up 4 stone steps. Openings generally have segmental heads and keystones. At the centre are 2 sashes flanked by a single doorway and further sash. Both doorways have semi-circular heads and traceried fanlights. The door to the right has 2 narrow leaves. Beyond to the right are 2 blank bays and a 2-leaf door with overlight, flanked by a single sash and a blank end bay. Beyond to the left is a blank bay, a door with an overlight, a single sash, and further blank bay with blocked segmental arch, a single sash and doorway. Above the window bays, to the upper floors, are 8 sashes, those to the 2nd floor are smaller. All sashes are glazing bar with segmental heads. The pilastered treatment continues around the sides and rear. To the rear are single-storey kitchen blocks, further sashes, Yorkshire sliding sashes and modern inserted openings. INTERIOR: retains corner fireplace positions, panelled doors, contemporary roof construction with braced posts. Listing NGR: TF3273743454

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