History in Structure

Queen's Hotel

A Grade II* Listed Building in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6644 / 52°39'51"N

Longitude: 0.1557 / 0°9'20"E

OS Eastings: 545880

OS Northings: 309585

OS Grid: TF458095

Mapcode National: GBR L1Q.XX2

Mapcode Global: WHJPH.C9C8

Plus Code: 9F42M574+P7

Entry Name: Queen's Hotel

Listing Date: 31 October 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1278862

English Heritage Legacy ID: 48455

ID on this website: 101278862

Location: Wisbech, Fenland, Cambridgeshire, PE13

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Fenland

Civil Parish: Wisbech

Built-Up Area: Wisbech

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Wisbech St Peter and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Ely

Tagged with: Hotel

Find accommodation in
Wisbech

Description


WISBECH
TF 4509
5/246

SOUTH BRINK
No. 12
(Queen' s Hotel)

GV
II*

Early to mid C18 house, now a hotel. Local brown brick; slate
roofs with internal facing hips. Gable parapets with end
stacks. Three storeys with basement. Parapet with stone
coping, cornice, first floor band and plinth. Red brick quoins
and window jambs. Six, first floor recessed, six-paned hung
sash windows in cambered, gauged brick arches with painted
reveals. Six, similar, twelve-paned, first floor and five
ground floor windows. Entrance to right; of centre, stone
doorcase with Ionic columns, pulvinate frieze. Moulded, round-
headed stone architrave with eight-fielded-panelled door and
fanlight with interlocking glazing bars. Interior originally
very fine but recently altered. Staircase similar in detail to
No. 14 North Brink with turned balusters and Vitruvian scroll
string, shaped and moulded handrail. Staircase hall with C18
geometric limestone floor with black marble insets; enriched
cornice to coffered ceiling. One doorcase remains of original
three at landing. Drawing room with roccoco-plastered
decoration to coffered ceiling with deep enriched cornice.
Three early C19 full height casement windows shaped to round-
headed architraves with panelled reveals in south wall. Some
original panelled doors and two chimney pieces.
Pevsner, Buildings in England, p.501.
Country Life 'Old Towns Revisted', p.182, 1952.
Wisbech Society Annual General Report, 1951.

Listing NGR: TF4588009585

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.