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Manor House, Chequer Street, Fenstanton (RGL2025)

The Manor House, 46 Chequer Street, Fenstanton

History of the Manor House

Listed Building

The home of Lancelot (Capability) Brown, Lord of the Manor of Fenstanton. Late C17 manor house.

Gerty Peet (1872-1941) was the daughter of a Particular Baptist Minister who lived at the Manor House. She was a Cambridge graduate. It is believed that she was jilted on the eve of her wedding. After her death a wedding dress and veil were found in their box wrapped in blue tissue paper. She owned. row of cottages in Hall Green lane which she kept in repair herself.

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