Description

Huntingdon HIGH STREET
1.
5140 (North-East Side)
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No 82 (Cromwell House)
TL 2372 1/11 10.1.51.
II GV

2.
Stands on the site of House of Austin Friars, founded circa 1285. Granted to Cromwell
family at Dissolution and said to be the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell. The house
was almost entirely rebuilt at the beginning of C19. It contains some recorded
material and may in part incorporate older work. Circa 1830. Rendered, quoin pilasters
2 storeys, 4 windows, sashes with glazing bars, solid porch with arched entrance
and side windows. Stone parapet, hipped slate roof. Garden front of 5 bays, 1:3:1,
the centre slightly forward with pediment over. Centre ground floor windows in
arched recesses. Alterations in the 30's are said to have revealed foundations,
parts of 2 doors and several beams of the Austin Friars. Plaque and coat-of-arms
commemorate the birth of Cromwell in 1599. (RCHM 16).

Listing NGR: TL2367572054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26421486

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)