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Dutch House, Fen Drayton c.1929 (Photo L Cobbett) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

Dutch House, Fen Drayton

History of the Dutch House

Precise Location Unknown

The cottage is described by C L Cudworth in ‘Dutch Influence in East Anglian Architecture as ‘near the church’. The stone doorway is dated 1713 and has the inscription in Dutch: ‘Niet zonder Arbyt’ – ‘Nothing without Work’. There is a legend associating the house with Cornelius Vermuyden, but he had lived in the previous century. (See Vanishing Cambridgeshire p.106).

The house burned down in recent times and the was rebuilt preserving the original doorway and inscription.

Dutch House Fen Drayton (2026)

Dutch House Fen Drayton (RGL2026)

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