Building record MLI95157 - Former Stamford Institution, St Peter's Hill, Stamford
Summary
Former Stamford Institution, St Peter's Hill, Stamford
Type and Period (8)
- YOUTH CLUB (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1950 AD? to 2050 AD)
- INSTITUTE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- MUSEUM (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- LIBRARY (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- CAMERA OBSCURA (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- LABORATORY (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- OBSERVATORY (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
- LECTURE THEATRE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1842 AD to 1950 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
PRN 37659
The former Stamford Institution was built around 1840. It has an elaborate classical front in ashlar stone and formerly had a cupola. It is now occupied by the YMCA Youth Centre. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}
The Stamford Institution was built in 1842 to a design by Bryan Browning. It contained a concert and lecture hall with a museum gallery, a library and reading room, laboratory, committee rooms, newspaper rooms and apartments for a resident as well as an octagonal observatory and camera obscure housed in a cupola which has now been demolished. The observatory and camera obscura were not part of the original plan. {2}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI6708 Index: Department of the Environment. 1974. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1/322.
- <2> SLI912 Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1977. An Inventory of Historical Monuments. The Town of Stamford. No 59, p 51, plate 156.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p 707.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 0271 0706 (23m by 24m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STAMFORD, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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