Monument record MLI126664 - Site of Whale Inn, Boston
Summary
A mid-19th century public house.
Type and Period (1)
- PUBLIC HOUSE (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1850 AD? to 1974 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Site of a former mid-19th century public house which was demolished in 1974 to make way for the Boston inner relief road. The Whale Inn got its name from a whale skeleton It housed and for which admission was charged to view. The building was two and a half storeys high with a timber panelled front with etched glass panels and toplights to the ground floor. The first floor had two sash windows and an oriel window with a flat roof to the right. The pantile pitched roof had 3 dormer windows and a ridge chimney stack. {1}
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SLI17424 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Inns on the Edge Project Surveys. Boston, Whale Inn.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 3317 4416 (16m by 29m) Estimated from sources. |
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Civil Parish | BOSTON, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Aug 8 2023 9:31AM
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