A brick building named Alexandra House under scaffolding with street-level shop fronts for Alexandre and John Collier.

13-15 Petty Cury circa 1960s

13, Alexandra House, Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 13 Petty Cury

1841

Thomas Pont, 50, dyer

Thomas, 24

William, 20

Ann, 25

1851

Thomas Pont, dyer

Mary, 40, b Ely

1861

Thomas Pont, widower, 73, dyer, b Cambridge

A view down a cobbled street lined with tall, narrow shops and houses, with a few small figures walking on the pavement.

Petty Cury south side, 1867 (from left, Wrestlers Inn, Holdsworth, Pont, Copping, Red Hart Yard, Falcon Yard and Red Lion) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

1871 see 14 Petty Cury

1881 see 14 Petty Cury

1891 uninhabited

1901 uninhabited

1913

Robert Alderton, hairdressers

Street view of brick storefronts on Petty Cury including Alexandre and John Collier, with a parked car and a person walking.

13-16 Petty Cury 1960s

View down a narrow street with brick commercial buildings, shopfronts, a pedestrian crossing, and people walking on sidewalks.

Alexandra House, 11 – 14 Petty Cury (MoC24/60)

The multi-story brick facade of Alexandra House features ornate arched windows and shop fronts at street level in perspective.

Alexandra House, Petty Cury (MoC136/71)

The upper floors of a brick building feature arched windows, decorative stonework, and the letters ALEXANDR on a fascia board.

Alexandra House, Petty Cury (MoC136/71)

The brick gable end of a building featuring two windows and a central plaque with the inscribed date 1869.

Alexandra House, Petty Cury (MoC136/71)

A demolition site with rubble, a tanker, and a M. Dickerson truck, viewed near a stone church tower and old brick buildings.

Petty Cury (MoC155/72)

1962

John Collier, tailor

Projects

Petty Cury

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