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A long three-story brick building with a mansard roof, multiple dormer windows, and several ground-floor doorways on a street.

26 Northampton Street

26 Northampton Street, Madingley Road, Pythagoras House

History of 26 Northampton Street

1959 Royal Commission on Historical Monuments Survey of Cambridge: of three storeys and one storey with attics … built circa 1800 and formed the prototype for the continuation of the row westwards very shortly afterwards, the addition being marked by a straight join in the brickwork, though the roof covering is now continuous.


1913 Madingley Road

David Evans Pratt


1962 Rt Caldecote

I remember the Caldecotes at No26 and hiding under their stairs with them on one occasion. Note from BS in 2022 ref. WWII bombing.

Building dates

  • Built by 1899
Source for this date
  • Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900

Projects

  • Northampton Street

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