Description

WISBECH SOUTH BRINK
TF 4509
5/242 Sessions House
GV II

Formerly the Sessions House of the Isle of Ely built in 1808 and
designed by Thomas West, local architect. Local gault brick
with stone dressings; hipped slate roof and louvre. One storey
and half basement, main entrance facing east, approached by
stone stairs with iron railings. Parapet with stone copings,
rusticated quoins, cornice band and plinth. Five, recessed,
twelve-paned hung sash windows in cambered gauged brick arches.
Main entrance now with modern door and fanlight in original
cambered, gauged brick arch, two flanking windows similar to
main facade. Original coved ceiling now boarded over.
Wisbech Society Annual Report, 1957-8, p.10.
Pevsner, Buildings in England, p.501.
Watson, History of Wisbech, print, 1827.
Walker and Craddock, History of Wisbech, p.426, 1849.

Listing NGR: TF4592709606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568131

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments