3, 4 and 5 Nene Quay
3, 4 AND 5, NENE QUAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1229213
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1969
- List Entry Name:
- 3, 4 and 5 Nene Quay
- Statutory Address:
- 3, 4 AND 5, NENE QUAY
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- Date:
- 2001-07-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/04159/26
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1229213
- Date first listed:
- 10-Feb-1969
- List Entry Name:
- 3, 4 and 5 Nene Quay
- Statutory Address 1:
- 3, 4 AND 5, NENE QUAY
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:
- 3, 4 AND 5, NENE QUAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Fenland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wisbech
- National Grid Reference:
- TF4609209688
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 08/12/2014.
The following previous listing date shall be added.
Page 55 Item number 6/128 10.2.69
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WISBECH NENE QUAY
TF 4609
6/128 Nos. 3, 4 and 5
(Formerly listed as No Name for this Entry).
GV II
Three, possibly late C16 shops or granaries, originally timber-
framed and jettied to the Street (No. 5 jetty boxed). Rear wing
to No. 3 late C17 and contemporary with south gable brick wall
with lamp niche that must have replaced one bay of the original
building. Rendered walls. Steeply pitched slate and pantile
C17 side purlin roofs. One ridge stack to left of centre. Two
storeys with attics. Two side passage ways and three shop
entrances with modern shop windows. Two first floor hung sash
windows to No. 5, and three, four-light transomed casement
windows to Nos. 3 and 4. No. 3 is subdivided into four flats
(A, B, C and D). One small attic window. These
buildings are included specifically for their historic interest.
Photographs and prints, W. & M. Museum C18 and C19.
Histories: Watson 1827; Walker and Craddock 1847, Gardiner 1898.
Listing NGR: TF4609209688
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 48326
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Walker, N, Craddock, T, The History of Wisbech and the Fens, (1849)
Gardiner, F J, History of Wisbech and Neighbourhood, (1898)
Watson, W, An Historical Account of the Ancient Town and Port of Wisbech, (1827)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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