Description

WISBECH THE CRESCENT
TF 4609
6/35 No. 11
GV II

Terrace house built c.1797 in two terraces linked by pair of
houses sharing common pedimented facade dated 1808 and the
Weslyan Chapel, 1803 built by Joseph Medworth (b.1752, d.1827),
as part of the planned circus of the Castle Estate. Local brown
brick; slate roof, side stack. Three storeys and basement; two
'bays', Stone coping to parapet, and bands at first and second
floors. One sixteen-paned, and one twelve-paned recessed hung
sash windows at second floor in cambered gauged red brick arches
and stone cills. Two larger first floor windows and one ground
floor window without glazing bars in similar openings. Entrance
to right hand approached by two stone steps with six-panelled
door and fanlight with patterned glazing bars in double recessed
round-headed arch of gauged brick. Interior has original
staircase with patterned wooden panels to balustrade of small
storage landing.
NMR (C. Godfrey, photographic collection of Wisbech) 1982.
Colvin, p.386, 1954.
VCH Cambs, p.242.
G. Annis, A History of Wisbech Castle, 1977.
Walker and Craddock, History of Wisbech, p.278, 1849.
Watson, prints, History of Wisbech, 1827.

Listing NGR: TF4614909560

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26419609

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)