10, North Brink

This is an early 18th century house located on North Brink in Wisbech. The house is constructed of local brown brick with a slate roof. Originally three storeys with a basement and tumbled parapet gables, the building was raised to four storeys in the 19th century. The window openings are 19th century, featuring wooden hoods for sun shades. The upper floors have single-light and double-light sash windows. Two-storey canted bay windows are present, along with a single-light sash window above the doorway to the east. The front door is a six-panelled door set within a round-headed arch and accompanied by a fanlight, with reeded reveals. A limestone doorcase with fluted columns frames the entrance, and stone steps lead to the doorway, protected by iron railings. The house is documented in the Victoria County History of Cambridgeshire and in Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings in England, and is represented by photographs and prints in the Wisbech & Fakenham Museum.