Cromwell House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.

Cromwell House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1951
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

Huntingdon HIGH STREET 1. 5140 (North-East Side) ----------------- No 82 (Cromwell House) TL 2372 1/11 10.1.51. II GV

  1. Stands on the site of House of Austin Friars, founded circa 1285. Granted to Cromwell family at Dissolution and said to be the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell. The house was almost entirely rebuilt at the beginning of C19. It contains some recorded material and may in part incorporate older work. Circa 1830. Rendered, quoin pilasters 2 storeys, 4 windows, sashes with glazing bars, solid porch with arched entrance and side windows. Stone parapet, hipped slate roof. Garden front of 5 bays, 1:3:1, the centre slightly forward with pediment over. Centre ground floor windows in arched recesses. Alterations in the 30's are said to have revealed foundations, parts of 2 doors and several beams of the Austin Friars. Plaque and coat-of-arms commemorate the birth of Cromwell in 1599. (RCHM 16).

Listing NGR: TL2367572054

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