Wisbech Town Council Chamber is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Town hall.
Wisbech Town Council Chamber
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pediment-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1951
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Wisbech Town Council Chamber, 1, North Brink, PE13 1JR
- OS grid reference
- TF 459 096
- Coordinates
- 52.66525, 0.15734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wisbech Town Council Chamber, originally built as the Exchange Hall in 1811 by Joseph Medworth, is a Grade II listed building. It features an open, arcaded ground floor, which was infilled in 1831. After 1836, it became the Town Hall. The Corn Exchange at the rear was constructed in 1857, designed by architect Bellamy, and the street facade was altered in 1856. The building is made of local brick with limestone.
It has two storeys and five bays, with the three central bays slightly projecting. The parapet includes panels of half balusters, and there is a central pediment with cross-keys in relief. A deep modillioned cornice is present, along with rusticated quoins on both the first and ground floors. Ionic pilasters divide the bays on the first floor, which features five four-paned hung sash windows in moulded, flat arched limestone cases and cills. The original arcade houses two fine double cast-iron doors with pierced decorated panels shaped to round arches, along with three hung sash windows that have hinges for shutters.
Flanking the main structure are two recessed two-storey wings, with the entrance to the Council Chamber located on the first floor to the left and an archway leading to a carriageway on the right. The interior, particularly the council chamber, showcases good mid-19th century details.
Local climate
Wisbech Town Council Chamber sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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