Description

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TF 41 SE
2/82

WISBECH
LYNN ROAD (South Side)
No. 158 (Ely House)

GV
II

Early C18 farmhouse. Local brown brick, pantiled roof with high tumbled parapet gables, end stacks. Two storeys with attics, symmetrical facade of five 'bays'. L-plan. Three flat roofed casement dormer windows. Five original cross-framed casement windows at first floor and four, similar, ground floor windows in segmental arches. Late C18 doorcase with attached wooden columns and enriched broken pediment, plain round headed fanlight and six-panelled door. Rear, two storey extension in angle dated 1854 on plaque with red pantiled roof and two roof, gable extensions. Windows with C19 brick labels.

Interior has complete panelled room to right hand, with good late C18 chimney piece. Sealed kitchen hearth in rear wing. C19 staircase and service wing with dairy to east. Chimney pieces with Lambeth tiles, and tiled cupboard in service wing. Original kitchen door with iron hinges.

Pevsner, Buildings of England, p.497.

VCH Cambs, p.242.

Listing NGR: TF4673310384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616522

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy