Brook Lodge in South Street was built as the vicarage in 1776 but sold by the church in 1879 because the vicar found it too small and in recent years the property has been converted into flats.

The Burghley Arms in the town centre was the birthplace of William Cecil, trusted advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, but has been a hostelry since circa 1717 and after a spell as the Bull and Swan and then just the Bull Inn or hotel, its present name was adopted in 1955.

The 18th century stone building in the Wellhead Gardens is appropriately known as the Wellhead Cottage, reputedly built from stone salvaged from Bourne castle. There was once a farmstead here known as Castle Farm, reputedly built on the site of the castle although not firm evidence has yet been established over its existence.

Tradition has it that some of the stones from Bourne castle were also used to construct the Shippon barn which can also be found in the Wellhead Gardens and contains several cross-bow slits. The name shippon puzzles many people but simply comes from the Old English meaning cattle shed or cowhouse, a reference that can by found in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

The grand Regency style town house in Eastgate has had a chequered history but is best known as the lifelong home of the motor racing pioneer Raymond Mays who founded and ran the famous BRM from this town.

The elegant town house which can be seen in South Street as your enter Bourne is Cavalry House which takes its name from a previous owner, Thomas Rawnsley, who raised a troop of cavalry during the 18th century to fight Napoleon if he ever invaded England but Bony never came.

Much time was devoted to self-improvement during Victorian times and the Bourne Institute was founded here at No 63 West Street in 1896 for such a purpose, providing a library and reading room and opportunities for debate and to meet other like-minded individuals anxious to learn more about the world. It is now a billiards' club.

The first moving pictures for Bourne were shown at the Corn Exchange until the Tudor Cinema was built in North Street in 1929. Television forced its closure in 1972 and the property has since been converted for use as a Chinese restaurant.

The row of stone cottages in West Street date back to the late 18th or early 19th century and although the ground floor windows in each one have been altered, they remain of sufficient historic interest to be preserved and the entire row is Grade II listed.

One of the more curious buildings in North Street is the Vestry Hall, erected as a Calvinist chapel in 1867 and after a chequered history, including a spell as a military hospital during the Great War of 1914-18, now converted into a luxury private home.

A stone building in Spalding Road is undoubtedly one of the oldest in Bourne, probably built as a private house around 1550 and later used as a public house called the New Inn. The original thatched roof and flagstone floors have long gone and it is now back in residential use.

The red brick grain warehouse built in South Street during the late 18th century has been converted into six apartments, now fully occupied. There is a second phase on the vacant plot to the north where a further 18 units are planned but until they are built there remains a gap in the street scene.