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A two-storey brick and rendered building with a pitched tile roof and bay windows on the ground floor sits on a street corner.

2 Church Street, Isleham (RGL2025)

The Corner House, 2 Church Street, Isleham

History of The Corner House

Listed building

House, late C17 or early C18, built on a restricted site. (Historic England)


1901 Church Street [possibly this location]

Benjamin W Martin, 49, grocer and draper, b Norfolk

Rebecca, 48, b Isleham

Caroline M, 19, drapers assistant, b Isleham

William H, 14, b Isleham

George A, 11, b Isleham

Frederick J, 9, b Isleham

Florence M, 5, b Isleham

Lillie R Sutton, 15, servant, b Norfolk


A. Houghton recalls that Mr Eyet looked after the shop here. The drapery counter was on the left, the grocery on the right.

A stone cottage with an L-shaped tiled roof and gabled end featuring the letters R M, seen behind a weathered stone wall.

2 Church Street, Isleham (RGL2025)

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