Description

WISBECH ELY PLACE
TF 4609
6/43 No. 4
GV II

Terrace house built c.1797, part of the planned circus of the
Castle Estate designed and built by Joseph Medworth (b.1752,
d.1827). Local brown brick; slate roof with side stack. Three
storeys with basement; three 'bays'. Stone coping to parapet
and cill band. Windows all recessed hung sashes without glazing
bars in cambered gauged red brick arches and stone cills, with
two painted blind windows. Second floor windows smaller.
Wooden doorcase with fluted pilasters and broken pediment. C19
four-panelled door with radial glazing bars to round headed
fanlight. Royal, fire insurance plaque.
NMR (C. Gregory, Wisbech photographic collection), 1982.
A.A. Oldham, Fire Marks, 1955, W. & F. Mus.
Colvin, p.286,1954.
VCH Cambs, p.242.
G. Annis, A History of Wisbech Castle, 1977.
Walker and Craddock, p.278, History of Wisbech, 1849.
Watson, prints, History of Wisbech, 1827.

Listing NGR: TF4623209603

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522641

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)