Description

TL 1998 NW 1/120

PETERBOROUGH
COWGATE(East Side)Miss Pears' Almshouses

GII
Built 1903 on the site of tile old House of Correction.Three storeys in ashlar.Welsh slate roof.Paired diagonal set chimneys.Cumbergate Elevation:-Matching end blocks,and centre section set back.Ends have four-centred doorway with rusticated surround and door.Windows have leaded lights.Centre is in brick with stone dressings.Stone dripmoulds to leaded glazed,windows two sections with hipped roof project,with a plain door on ground floor.Stone string between storeys.Stone capped plinth.Exchange Street elevation:-Ashlar four gables to road;with finials.Each gable has one three-light mullion window.On the ground floor,four three-light oriel windows with stone roofs,ashlar rusticated dressing.All the buildings listed in Cumbergate form a group.

Listing NGR: TL1912498684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454906

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)