The Old Bakehouse
THE OLD BAKEHOUSE, 42, HIGH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210751
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Bakehouse
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD BAKEHOUSE, 42, HIGH STREET
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-10-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/10565/11
- Rights:
- © Mr Derek G. Pettit. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210751
- Date first listed:
- 24-Oct-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Bakehouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD BAKEHOUSE, 42, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD BAKEHOUSE, 42, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Huntingdonshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kimbolton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 09943 67798
Details
In the entry for HIGH STREET (north-east side) 6/57 No 42 (The Bakehouse)
The entry shall be amended to read HIGH STREET (north-east side)
No 42 (The Old Bakehouse)
------------------------------------
KIMBOLTON HIGH STREET TL 095675 (NORTH-EAST SIDE) 6/57 NO. 42 24.10.51 (THE BAKEHOUSE) GV II
Originally two shops, now one dwelling of two parallel ranges with common street facade. Late mediaeval hall house to north-west with later timber-framed range to rear, roof contemporary with C17 range to south-east. Two storeys with central cartway. Roughcast rendering to timber-frame, plain tile roofs. Rearstacks. Street facade has first floor three window range of two hung sash windows with glazing bars and one horizontal sliding sash with glazing bars. Two, shallow bayed, shop windows with glazing bars and half-glazed shop door to south-east. Interior has good stop-chamfered ceiling beams to north-west range and remnant of original crown-post roof. C17 butt-purlin roof. Sealed inglenook hearths to south-east range and boxed staircase. RCHM (Hunts) p173.
Listing NGR: TL0994367798
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 395328
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Huntingdonshire, (1926), 173
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 16-Jun-2026 at 01:38:26.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.