71-77, HIGH STREET

A terrace of four houses built around 1840, located on the north side of Holbeach High Street. The houses are constructed of red brick with painted stucco dressings, and have a concrete tiled roof with coped gables, ornate overhanging eaves supported by console brackets, and two ridge stacks and one gable stack. The two-storey terrace has a basement, and an eleven-bay front with ground and first-floor sill bands. The basement level has two two-light sliding sashes to the right, a blocked opening, and a doorway beneath the steps leading to the entrance of number 75. To the left are two two-light sliding sashes, with three blocked openings beyond. A carriage archway is situated to the left, with a semi-circular head, moulded panels in the spandrels, and a raised keystone. To the left of the archway is a glazing bar sash, and to the right are three glazing bar sashes, with a doorway beyond. This doorway has a pediment supported by ornate brackets, a moulded doorcase, plain overlight, and panelled door, with six steps leading up to it, flanked by ashlar walls terminating in piers with moulded cornices and shallow, pointed tops. A further three glazing bar sashes are to the right, before another doorway with a similar flight of steps and doorcase. All ground floor windows have moulded eared architraves. Above the carriage archway is a semi-circular headed window, flanked by single blind semi-circular headed openings, divided by pilasters, with moulded imposts supporting archivolts and raised keystones. The upper floor has two glazing bar sashes to the left and eight glazing bar sashes to the right, all with semi-circular heads, moulded imposts, archivolts and raised keystones. The group value of the terrace is recognised for its architectural homogeneity and contribution to the streetscape.