Description

GAMLINGAY MILL STREET TL 25SW (East side) 3/81 Nos 53 and 55

GV II

Terrace of two cottages. 1721 (dated brick panel to front wall). Local red brick, Flemish bond on high plinth, part rendered and sandstone rubble footings. The south end wall is now roughcast rendered. Tiled roof and shared axial ridge stack. Plain eaves cornice of three courses. One storey and attic. Four gable dormers. Four hung sashes in slightly enlarged openings. Each cottage has a flight of four repaired steps up to front door. The panel is moulded brick with the initials MB and date 1727. Associated with a charity originating in the will of Thomas Handley, proved 1740, for the benefit of the minister of the Baptist Chapel (qv). The initials MWNB may possibly refer to members of the Bass family who are recorded as being in Gamlingay in C16. By C18 this property was in the ownership of the Huckle family.

RCHM: West Cambs mon (35) VCH: Cambs vol V p85 Pevsner: Buildings of England p391 C Brown: Mss Notes (1985)

Listing NGR: TL2376951939

External Links

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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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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version