46 AND 47, STEEP HILL (See details for further address information)

House, now a house and two shops, dating from circa 1170, with alterations in the late 18th and 19th centuries. It was restored in 1878 and in the 20th century. The building is constructed of dressed stone and brick, with a pantile roof, and has single brick gable and valley stacks. Brick coped gables, a gable band, and a wooden gutter on iron brackets are also present.

The principal, or front, elevation features an off-centre round-headed doorway with single shafts and crocket capitals, topped by a truncated gabled hood on mask corbels. To the left of the doorway is a part-glazed panelled door in a moulded frame (18th century), and to its left a shallow bow window with shutters. A small casement is situated to the right, partially blocked. A 19th-century shop window with a pilaster surround and cornice is also on this side. Above the doorway and to its left is a glazing bar sash with a wooden lintel. To the right is a keel-moulded recess containing a mainly renewed double round-headed window with an enriched sill band. A two-light sliding sash with a wooden lintel completes the front elevation.

The south front, facing Christ Hospital Terrace, displays two gables. A pair of doors with a wooden lintel are found to the left, and a plain 18th-century wooden doorcase with a six-panel door and a single glazing bar sash are on the right. Above, a glazing bar sash with a wooden lintel is set in an altered opening to the left, while to the right is a smaller glazing bar sash. Above these, a glazing bar sash to the left is again in an altered opening with a wooden lintel, and to the right are two similar windows. Segment headed blocked windows are in each gable peak.

The interior features a 12th-century chamfered doorway and a tunnel-vaulted basement. A dogleg stair with winder, fielded panelled doors, and a 18th-century hob grate are also present. This building holds particular importance as a surviving example of 12th-century domestic architecture, Lincolnshire being the location for most such examples. The earlier name, “Aaron the Jew’s House”, is inaccurate.