sps1955's photos with the keyword: Victorian classicism

Built in 1845 to the designs of Francis Thompson (or possibly Sancton Wood); the arcade was originally open, forming an entrance loggia, and was matched by a similar one on the platform side. The current treatment of the entrance front dates from 1971. English Heritage listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1343683 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp304-313 (item 85); 1950s view showing part of the arcade still open: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/plate-298 .

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 .

From S. The Strand, the curving street entering from the NW, was laid out in 1878, when the Markeaton Brook was culverted. The buildings in the Strand date from 1881; list description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1279060 . The buildings on the left, on the corner of Wardwick and the Strand, date from c.1883: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1229611 . On the right is part of the former General Post Office of 1869: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1279012 .

From SE. The Strand, the curving street in the centre, was laid out in 1878, when the Markeaton Brook was culverted. The buildings in the Strand date from 1881; list description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1279060 . The buildings on the left, on the corner of Wardwick and the Strand, date from c.1883: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1229611 . On the right is the former General Post Office of 1869: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1279012 .