Description

The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 September 2017.

WISBECH CASTLE SQUARE
TF 4609
(South Side)
6/16 Nos. 7, 8 and 9
(York Row)
GV II

Row of three houses and shops possibly built by Secretary
Thurloe in 1658 for his sons; interiors gutted by fire c.1940.
No. 8 was the home of Thomas Clarkson (b.1760, d.1846). Local
brown brick with limestone dressings. Two storeys with attics
and basements; gabled street facade. Rusticated stone jambs,
moulded stone copings to parapets with finials. Stone window
jambs and cornice to three hung sash attic windows. Stone band
links six first floor hung sash windows with glazing bars.
No. 8 with two hung sash windows to left of entrance with stone
steps, six-panelled door and rectangular fanlight with shaped
wooden brackets to flat canopy; railings to basement forecourt.
No. 7 has late C19 shop windows and central door and No. 9
modern shop window. Plaque on east gable, blue and gold with
cross-keys, commemorates that Clarkson lived there.
VCH Cambs, p.242.
Gardiner, History of Wisbech, p.280, 1898.

Listing NGR: TF4609509596

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26890417

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)