Louth

In 1844, the 295-ft spire of St James's Church, Louth, the finest late Gothic steeple in England, was hit by lightning. When scaffolding was put up to repair it, a local painter, William Brown, climbed up to paint the panorama that now hangs in the Victorian town hall. It shows a Georgian town with orderly streets and neat gardens.

Louth is recognisably the same place today, getting on with life in the green and beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds, little noticed by the rest of the world.  This perfect little market town has wonderful Georgian streets with many fine buildings including our grade II listed property and the Louth Manor House across the road which overlooks us. Today Louth is thriving and has a theatre, art deco cinema, a huge range of local shops selling all manner of produce and plenty of restaurants and inns. Look closely at Louth and you will find the unexpected - six butchers, two grocers, a cheese shop, an old fashioned tailors, a cobblers, a fish shop and even a trophy shop.