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Taken about 7.30 p.m.

Taken about 7.20 p.m.

On the edge of a wood created on former arable land in 2000. The buildings in the background are on the far bank of the River Cam. Looking E at about 7.00 p.m.

Designed by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry in 1938 and opened in 1939. The adult wing on the left contained facilities for adult education and leisure, including a billiard room; the assembly hall was intended for use both by the school and the village. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331296 . Plan: lisa.revues.org/docannexe/image/884/img-1.png from lisa.revues.org/884 .

Designed by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry in 1938 and opened in 1939. The adult wing on the left contained facilities for adult education and leisure, including a billiard room; the assembly hall was intended for use both by the school and the village. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331296 . Plan: lisa.revues.org/docannexe/image/884/img-1.png from lisa.revues.org/884 .

Like others in Cambridgeshire, the college was intended to provide educational, cultural and recreational facilities for the local community, as well as to function as a secondary school. Although the billiard table does not conform to the modern aesthetic of the building, designed by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry, and opened in 1939, it was installed at the time of the college's opening, according to David Rooney, Henry Morris (2013), p.48. Photographed through the window. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331296

Dated 1904 [ Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire (2014 edn)]. The hall was given with 20 acres of land to the local authority in 1930 by Chivers, the local jam makers, in memory of the late John Chivers, who had acquired it in 1926 "intending it to be used for educational purposes for [the firm's] employees" [David Rooney, Henry Morris (2013), p.41]. It was planned that the hall would form part of the proposed village college - there was even talk of maintaining its "old world effect" . In the event it was not used by the college and has since been demolished; the lodge now stands next to an entrance to the college grounds. Not listed.

Taken using the camera's built-in HDR function.

Taken using the camera's built-in HDR function.

House of 1698 (the fireplaces are in the corners of the house, giving the rooms angled corner fireplaces as often seen in houses of this date, which explains why the windows are pushed towards the middle of the façade); according to the RCHM, the window surrounds suggest a remodelling in the mid-C18, but the remaining details of the entrance front derive from a further remodelling designed by Bryan Browning for the Marquess of Exeter in 1843-4. RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 96); listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1360348 . The C18 gate piers are separately listed: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1147390 .

Built and presumably designed by Henry Tatam, alderman and cabinet maker, between 1796 and 1801, on the site of a house occupied by the antiquary, William Stukeley, while he was vicar of All Saints. Unusual features of the façade, such as the treatment of the cornice and the windows (especially on the first floor), probably reflect Tatam's cabinet-making experience. The porch is an early C19 addition. RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 97); listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1147402 . On the far right is the one-bay front of no. 10, dating from 1804, with rusticated quoins and window surrounds which would have been unfashionable by that date but which echo the mid-C18 no. 13 . RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 98); listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062280 .

c.1700, with later 18th-century wrought iron railings. Presumably the ground-floor and first-floor windows originally had mullions and transoms (although possibly wooden ones, unlike the stone mullions of the blocked windows in the basement); even allowing for that, the proportions seem somewhat strange to me. RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 99); listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062281 .

c.1700, with later 18th-century wrought iron railings. Presumably the ground-floor and first-floor windows originally had mullions and transoms (although possibly wooden ones, unlike the stone mullions of the blocked windows in the basement). The lintels of the windows have been incised in imitation of flat arches. RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 99); listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062281 . Cropped from the main photograph of this house, with colour levels adjusted to suit this section of the photo.

Dated 1740 on a rainwater head. The wrought-iron railings are presumably contemporary. List description: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1360350 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 (mon. 100).

From E. No. 3, on the left, is mid-C18 according to the listing, although the Chinoiserie porch, the shallow bow and the style of cornice look early C19 (which is the date suggested by the Buildings of England and by the RCHM ): list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062277 ; www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 , item 93. No. 4 was formerly two houses, the left-hand three-storey one with a late C18 3-bay front (according to the listing, although the Buildings of England and the RCHM call it early C19); the two-storey right-hand one, with the pedimented doorway, is C17 with a later front: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1360347 ; www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 , item 94. Nos. 5-6, with the single-storey and canted two-storey bay windows respectively, were formerly one C17 house: see www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/16048657624 for details.

From NW. The tower and spire of the Grade I-listed All Saints are late C15: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062310 . The house on the right with the two-storey bay-window is 6 Barn Hill, with C18 front but C17 origins, Grade II*-listed; the bay window was added by John Wyche, the town clerk, between 1774 and 1781 - he was fined in 1783 for encroaching on to the street: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1062278 ; www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp60-68 , item 95. No. 5, to the left, was originally part of the same house as no. 6, but was divided from it in 1824, and has a mid-C19 porch and (presumably) bay window; also Grade II*-listed: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1147366 .

The houses in Barn Hill mostly have C18 or early C19 fronts, although in many cases they are C17 in origin. In the background the C14 spire of St Mary is just visible; on the right are the late C15 tower and spire of All Saints.

The houses in Barn Hill mostly have C18 or early C19 fronts, although in many cases they are C17 in origin. In the background is the C14 spire of St Mary; just visible on the right is the late C15 tower of All Saints.