The exterior of Number 16, Barn Hill, Stamford (centre house) is stone, and carved in the stone lintel at the side of the doorway is the date "1695 IH" This announced the date when the then owner of the house had the doorway built.

The entrance to Number 16 shows a timbered passageway and the old wooden armoire which was in the house when the present owners arrived.

The 1000-foot long garden is a long thin plot of land known as a burgage plot in medieval times, bounded by old brick or stone walls on both sides. The garden rises to a considerable height as the end of seven terraces, giving a view over the rooftops to All Saints' Church, and beyond to Wothorpe.

There is a nearly life sized metal statue of a maiden with a lamp in the sitting room at Number 16, the present owner believes that this is a replica of one in the chapel at Burghley House. It is engraved "H Hopper 1806" on the back and was in the Parsley family's premises at The Central Cafe for years before being brought home by Mrs Parsley. Next Page