Sessions House is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. A Georgian House.

Sessions House

WRENN ID: guardian-sentry-bittern
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Fenland
Country: England
Date first listed: 31 October 1983
Type: House
Period: Georgian
Source: Historic England listing

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

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