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Date of photo: 1905	Picture source: Stefan Gats
The Black Horse was situated at 6 Eastgate. This is a grade-II listed building which was closed as a pub in 1971, having been open since 1647. It is now used as a guesthouse.
Cathedral View Guest House, 6 Eastgate, Lincoln Timber framed Grade II Listed house Listed as 14th century house with 18th and 20th century alterations but there is evidence of a property here as far back as the 12th century and an endorsement of around 1300 identifies the property as a house formerly the property of master Peter Orgar. Earliest timber framing in Lincoln - close-studded. Roof mostly replaced in 17th century with re-used timbers. East wing rebuilt in 17th century. 17th-century brickwork frontage and frame replacing timber framing. First referred to as the Black Horse Inn in 1674, the word Chambers was added as it took in guests and remained The Black Horse Chambers for almost 300 years until 1971. In 1884 a proposal exists for carriage house and granary, architect W Mortimer. Directory entries include 1728 Mr Coolin; 1823-1828 William Taylor; 1835-1843 John Turner (owners Edward Rudgard of Stamp End Brewery pre-1853); 1856-1861 George Brown; 1868-1872 Miss then Mrs Mary Brown; 1885-1901 Thomas Kirkby; 1905-1913 William Kirkby (& posting house); 1919 Walter H Geagen; 1923 J Hole and Co Ltd; 1965 Black Horse Inn. 6a and 6b Eastgate (then 5 Eastgate) were stables and a garage for the Black Horse in 1923. It took on various uses including a clothes shop, antiques shop (1990s) and public house and restaurant until 2008. After being empty for around 2 years it was opened as its former use in 2011 as Cathedral View Guest House. The building is reputedly haunted by the Grey Lady and in one story, so scary was her appearance that a cleaner working at the premises who witnessed the apparition fled, never to return.
Steve Turner (January 2022)
Listed building details:
Former public house, now an antique shop. C14, with C18 and C20 alterations. Timber framed, with brick and stone underbuild, all rendered, with hipped and gabled plain tile roofs and single ridge and gable stacks. Rendered plinth, wooden gutters, single shouldered coped gable. 2 storeys plus attics, 3 bays. L-plan. Gabled wing to right. Two C20 glazed doors flanked by single recessed C20 bow windows. To left, a carriage opening. Above, to right, a segment headed triple sash. To left, a paired wooden cross casement and a C20 window. Above again, in the gable, a segment headed glazing bar sash. Rear has a near-central stair turret and to its left, a stud wall with a diagonal brace. To north, a range of single storey outbuildings. INTERIOR has a single purlin common rafter roof with wind braces. C18 branching stair with vase and stem balusters. This building was formerly the Black Horse Inn.
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Date of photo: 2019	Picture source: Google Streetview