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{{History of the Jews in England}}
The '''Jew's House''' is one of the earliest extant [[town house]]s in [[England]], estimated to have been built around 1170.<ref>Heritage Gateway | https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=326716&resourceID=19191</ref>  It is situated on [[Steep Hill]] in [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], immediately below [[Jew's Court]].<ref>{{PastScape|mnumber=326716|mname=|accessdate=19 February 2011}}</ref> The house has traditionally been associated with the thriving [[Jewish]] community in Medieval Lincoln.  [[Antisemitic]] hysteria was stoked by a notorious 1255 [[blood libel]] alleging that the mysterious death of a Christian child, known as [[Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln]], was the result of him allegedly being kidnapped and ritually killed by Jews. In 1290, the entire Jewish community was expelled from England by [[Edward I]], and the Jew's House is said to have been seized from a Jewish owner. The building has remained continuously occupied to the present day. Since about 1973 it has been used as a [[restaurant]]; prior to that it had been an antiques shop for many years.

==Architecture==
{{stack|[[File:Jew's House, Lincoln (Grimm).png|thumb|The Jew’s House, Lincoln by [[Samuel Hieronymus Grimm]] about 1784]]}}
The Jew's House is built in the local limestone in the [[Norman architecture|Norman]] or [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style. Dating from the mid-twelfth century, the building originally consisted of a hall at the first floor level, measuring approximately 12 by 6 metres, above service and storage spaces at the ground level.

Part of the original façade survives; the elaborately carved doorway, the remains of two [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] double-arch windows and much of the stonework on the upper storey.  A [[chimney]] breast rises over the arch above the front door, serving the fireplace on the upper floor. There were once two columns supporting the arch, but these have gone.<ref>”Antram’’ (1989), pg 519</ref>

==See also ==
*[[Norman House]]
*[[Whitefriars, 333 High Street, Lincoln]]
*[[John of Gaunt's Palace, Lincoln]]
*[[St Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln]]

==References==
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==Literature==
*Anon. (1983)  ''Norman Buildings in Lincoln'',  Lincolnshire Museums Information Sheet, Archaeology Series 26. 
*Antram N (revised), Pevsner N & Harris J, (1989), ''The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire'', Yale University Press. pg 525.
* M. E. Wood (1974), Revised ed. ''Norman Domestic Architecture''.

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Jew's House, Lincoln}}
*[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-486271-jews-house-lincolnshire#.Vj0UxEvtD9A British Listed Buildings] 
* http://www.jewshouserestaurant.co.uk/

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 12th century]]
[[Category:Houses in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lincoln, England]]
[[Category:Norman architecture in England]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in England]]
[[Category:Grade I listed buildings in Lincolnshire]]
[[Category:Grade I listed houses]]