Hobbsons Restaurant and Pie Shop | Pie Shop | 33 Steep Hill, Lincoln LN2 1LU, UK

WELCOME

Hobbsons Restaurant & Pie Shop Lincoln

formerly Browns Pie Shop & Restaurant has existed

in various guises for over 40 years.

It has been our honour to be its custodians for the last year.

BOOK A TABLE

Sitting on the famous aptly named Steep Hill

and nestled between the Cathedral and the castle,

attracting visitors from far & wide to our blend

of high-quality food and sense of occasion.

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Hobbsons is a “Best of British” restaurant

specialising in home crafted pies.

We also offer the joy of a famous haslet sausage roll, all available to dine in or to take away.

Our produce and food from starter to puddings

are created in house by our chefs.

British Afternoon tea brings a sense of occasion with our

friends from Fortnum & Mason providing our excellent teas.

HISTORY

1649

The earliest evidence of any building at No.33 appears

to date back to around the 14th century,

when Nos. 26 & 34 seem to have been built.

However, it was rebuilt in the second half of the 17th century,

which gave it the general appearance that it still has today,

aside from the street front, most of which was a later addition.

Despite this, some parts of wall and the central stack still

survive from the earlier house. In 1649, a parliamentary

survey was conducted and No.33 appears to have belonged

to a Mr Brittayne at the time. It then comprised of shop

with a kitchen and cellar, lodging chambers upstairs

and a small stable with hayloft at the back.

Later in 1731, the house was occupied by a Dr Peter Richier,

who owned many properties in the surrounding area but

decided to live in this one with his maid and manservant.

Other occupants around this time seem to have included

a cordwainer, baker, woollen draper, orange merchant,

watchmaker, bridle cutter and grocer.

In the 18th century No.33 became a pub

called the Fox and Hounds.

1925

In 1925 the building was occupied by Lawrence of Arabia

whilst he was serving at RAF Cranwell.

It was around this time that he wrote his infamous book,

‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’. From 1928 to 1937

the building became a boarding house owned by a,

Mrs Dugdale and afterwards until 1946, a bookshop

owned by a, Mrs Hopwell. Then from 1949 until 1971

it belonged to a Mr Charles Hopwell, who during

this time turned it into an antique dealership,

a second hand gift shop and eventually his private residence.

1987

In 1972 it became a Toy Shop, owned by a Mr John Phillip

however; by 1975 it appears to have been empty.

Not long after it returned to being an Antique Furniture

shop belonging to a Mr Alf Shaw, who remained there

until 1987, when it was bought by McFarlane & Mason

and turned into Browns Pie Shop.

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