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Oil painting of an eighteenth-century man wearing a powdered wig with side curls, a dark coat, and a decorative lace cravat.

Castle Inn, Castle Street

38 Castle Street, Castle Inn, Cambridge

History of 38 Castle Street

The photo is in the Castle Inn. It isn’t currently (2021) known who the portrait is of and whether it historically has hung in the inn.


Listed building:

Early C19. Gault brick, painted. 3 storeys, C19 public house frontage with 2 windows; 3 windows above, sashes with glazing bars.

Archaeology report:

https://knowledge.oxfordarchaeology.com/library/4320/


1913

Horace English, Castle Inn

A street view of Castle Street in 1936, showing the Castle Inn on the left and church towers in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Castle Inn, Castle Street 1936 (MoC 189/54)


Three-storey brick public house on a corner with a large sign for The Castle on its side and a hanging pub sign outside.

The Castle, Castle Street, 1970 (MoC21/71)

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  • archaeology
  • Listed building
  • medieval

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