38 and 39 Market Place

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WISBECH MARKET PLACE TF 4609 (North Side) 6/104 Nos. 38 and 39

(Formerly listed as No Name for this Entry).

GV II

Early C18 shops, with possibly early C19 facade altered in early C20. Steeply pitched slate roofs, double gable to street. Large brick stack to left hand. Rendered brick. Two storeys with attics, rear wing extends over the Mews with exposed hollow-chamfered floor beams, resited, and with two brick arches, one spanning the passage to Hill Street. Facade gables have shaped bargeboards with wooden finials. Two, four-paned hung sash attic windows in segmental arches. Two first floor casement windows originally opening onto a balcony and three, twelve-paned hung sash windows, two recessed and one flush framed at first floor. Two modern shops at ground floor. Included for group value. VCH Cambs, p.242. Pevsner, Buildings in England, p.498.

Listing NGR: TF4624109695