The other day, for no great reason whatsoever, I was musing on what ten buildings I would think of that were the most iconic in Winteringham. Buildings that would say ... "This is Winteringham" without anyone having to say "Now where's that?"
Why only ten buildings? Again, no reason, other than "The Ten Top ..." stories seem to be all the rage in newspapers at the moment, so why not the ten top of something for our village?
The first building I suppose has to be the Church, seeing as it is so old, and is of course unique. But what about some others, less imposing perhaps?
The Bay Horse ... the first building people spot as they come from Winterton; the Old Chapel in West End - so imposing on raised site; or the old Temperance Hall (ah yes - I forgot to say that my list could incluse any building that I have seen!); perhaps the barn at Manor House - now hotel rooms for Winteringham Fields; the old Post Office with its bay windows like all those featured on Christmas cards!
Maybe you'd go for the Pong Shop - its name justifying a place on any such list surely; Sutton's Farm, or West Farm, or Spring House, or Potts Shop? Maybe the Station, or Waterside House, Scarbrough House, or (perhaps my favourite) the tumbledown cottage on Silver Street now almost restored?
Then there could be the old Maltkiln, and surely a place for the National School? How about the old Headteacher's House, or Towler Place, or Dick Newbourne's House "Humber View."
I could go on, and doubtless you'll surely think I've missed out loads of others that scream "this is Winteringham, and I am a unique building!"
Maybe that's what makes the village so interesting.
I went well over the ten! But can you get just the ten I tried to start off with?
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