Description

TL 1998 NW 1/35
7.2.52
1500

PETERBOROUGH
CUMBERGATE
(West Side)
The Almsrooms

(Formerly Old Workhouse)

GV
II

C17 and later, L-shaped building. Ground floor rebuilt in coursed rubble.
1st floor timber framed, rendered. Oversail supported on cut bracelets and
exposed timber corbels. 1st floor has 4 windows of 2 lights, flush framed,
wood lintels. Ground floor has 3 flush set casements with glazing bars
and one 6 light mullion window. Plain wood door in stone architrave. Steep
pitched roof of Welsh slate. Small attics. Short 2-storey 2 window bay
wing. A further C19 back wing. Rendered plinth.
Interior:- Small C17 newel staircase, turned balusters. Extensively altered
in early C20, when the dormers were demolished and the roof reslated in
Welsh slates and not Collyweston, and all the windows were renewed.

All the buildings listed in Cumbergate form a group.

Listing NGR: TL1911098707

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454934

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Recommended Books

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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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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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