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Black and white postcard of a timber-framed, two-story building beside a road with a tall utility pole and a signpost.

Swiss Cottage, High Street, Fenstanton (undated)

Swiss Cottage Tea Rooms (Tudor Hotel) High Street, Fenstanton

History of Swiss Cottage

This was built on the site of the Oaklands House vegetable garden in the 1920s. In WWII it was used to house officers. After WWII a second floor was added.

For a while it was home to Eric Morecambe, the comedian, while he underwent heart surgery at Papworth Hospital.

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