Description

WISBECH
TF 4509
5/142

NORTH BRINK
No. 6

GV
II*

Early C18 house originally three storeys with service basement
raised to four storeys c.1820-1840. Local brown brick with red
brick quoins and window jambs. Slate roof with end stacks.
Shallow parapet with stone copings. Four 'bays'. Four, third
floor six-paned hung sash widows in red gauged brick arches and
stone cills. First and second floor windows similar with
twelve-panes. Two segmental bay windows to west of entrance and
one twelve-pane window to east. Bands between floors. Wooden
Doric doorcase with enriched triangular pediment; eight-panelled
door Stone steps with railings to forecourt and entry to
basement. Interior has very fine late C18 chimney piece to left
hand ground floor room, and two good second floor doorcases;
some original doors and panelling. Early C19 staircase with
canted and free flying flights rising to attic floor.
VCH Cambs, p.242.
Pevsner, Buildings in England, p.500.
A. Peckover, watercolour, 1827, W. & F. Mus.
Photographs and prints, C18 and C19, W. & F. Mus.

Listing NGR: TF4593909678

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543788

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)