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A row of multi-story stone buildings with pitched roofs and chimneys stands behind a wall along a still, reflective river.

Harecroft House, Wisbech c1908

Harecroft House, High School, 46, 47, 48 North Brink, Wisbech

History of Harecroft House

Listed Building

Italianate villa now a school said to have been designed by Algenon Peckover, 1840-50. Yellow gault brick with stone details; hipped slate roofs with symmetrical stacks.

A 1900 Ordnance Survey map section showing building footprints, gardens, and the label Harecroft House in Wisbech.

Wisbech OS 1900

Harecroft House

After death of Miss Susanah Peckover, High School was founded in 1904.

1970 merged with Grammar School

1980s school became independent

Building dates

  • Built 1840–1850
Source for this date
  • Built 1840–1850: Listed building: 1840-50

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  • school

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