Jew's House

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Jew's House, Lincoln
Frontage of the Jew's House, Lincoln
Location	At the junction of Steep Hill and the Strait, between Uphill and Downhill, Lincoln
Coordinates	53°13′56″N 0°32′20″W / 53.2322°N 0.5388°W / 53.2322; -0.5388
OS grid reference	SK9763371566
Built	Later 12th Century
Architectural style(s)	Romanesque Town House
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated	8 October 1953
Reference no.	486271
Location in Lincolnshire

The Jew's House is one of the earliest extant town houses in England, estimated to have been built around 1170.^[1] It is situated on Steep Hill in Lincoln, immediately below Jew's Court.^[2] 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.