4, The Crescent

This is a terrace house built around 1793 as part of the planned Castle Estate circus in Wisbech. It is one of two terraces linked by a pair of houses sharing a common, pedimented facade dated 1808, and is situated near the Wesleyan Chapel of 1803. The house was built by Joseph Medworth (1752-1827).

The house is constructed of local brown brick with a slate roof and a side stack. It has three storeys and a basement, featuring two bays. A stone coped parapet is present, with painted stone bands marking the first and second floor levels. The upper floors have recessed sash windows without glazing bars, set within cambered, gauged red brick arches with stone cills. The first floor windows are larger than those above, and the ground floor has a single window. A set of two stone steps leads to a six-panelled door with a plain fanlight, recessed within a double, gauged red brick arch.

The rear elevation extends to three storeys above an original outshut. A two-storey, round-arched sash window with glazing bars illuminates the staircase. The property is documented in various historical records including photographs from C. Godfrey (1982), Colvin (1954), the Victoria County History (Cambridgeshire, 1954), G. Annis's A History of Wisbech Castle (1977), Walker and Craddock’s History of Wisbech (1849), and Watson’s prints from 1827.