A snow-covered thatched cottage with a brick chimney stands behind a wooden fence next to a path in a wintry landscape.

Meadow Cottage, November 1965

Meadow Cottage, 58 Wimpole Road, Barton

History of 58 Wimpole Road, Barton

Listed building:

Cottage. Late C17 or early C18, enlarged mid C20. Timber-framed, rendered and reed thatched with rebuilt stack.

1960s

The Eedles lived in the cottage about this time and installed a electrolytic damp course as well as a Cambridge street lamp. Margaret remembers that the downstairs toilet used to flood in heavy rain. (email from PE 2023 sent with photos)

A white thatched cottage with a central porch behind a picket fence, with a person standing near a gate on the right side.

Margaret at Meadow Cottage, Barton, October 1965

Taken from the Leys recreation ground, possibly once an archery range.

A woman in a brown coat and hat carrying a basket stands in a snow-covered garden with a yellow lamp post and shed behind.

Margaret at Meadow Cottage back garden, November 1965

This photo shows the stable block and the Cambridge City street lamp.

A white thatched cottage with a picket fence and a woman standing in the garden on a sunny day in October 1965.

Margaret at Meadow Cottage, Barton, October 1965

A young boy in a blue sweater and grey shorts stands in a beamed room before a glass-paned door with patterned curtains.

Paul at Meadow Cottage, Barton, 1 November 1965

A white cottage with a thatched roof, a prominent central chimney, and a wooden picket fence enclosing a front garden.

Meadow Cottage, Barton, October 1965

A person in a red coat stands before a snow-covered thatched cottage with a wooden picket fence in a winter landscape.

Margaret at Meadow Cottage, November 1965

Building dates

Built 1660–1740

Sources for this date

Built by 1899: EPC construction age band: before 1900
Built 1660–1740: Listed building: Late C17 or early C18 (grade II)

Projects

Barton

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