Cowper House

Cowper House is an early 18th-century building, possibly older at the rear, located on the southwest side of Huntingdon High Street. It has two storeys with attics, constructed of red brick with a tile roof. The building features a band between the storeys and a modillioned eaves cornice. There are eleven windows, with the three middle bays slightly projecting and topped with a pediment. The façade includes two round-headed doorways with cornices, leading to six-panel doors set in panelled reveals. No 29 has pilasters and a dentil cornice, while No 30 features console brackets. The front also has two small modern shopfronts and a painted arched window in the pediment. The first-floor windows are original flush framed sashes with glazing bars, and the central three have cut brick heads, as do the ground floor windows. The building has an old tile roof with two flat-topped dormers on either side of the pediment and a large central brick stack. Inside, there is a well-preserved panelled room dating from around 1720 and fragments of 16th-century wall paintings. Cowper House was the home of the poet William Cowper from 1765 to 1767. The rear elevation is similar in style to the front.