Wicken houses [16]
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Wicken houses [16]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 Sep 2020
Butts Farmhouse, number 15 Ponds Lane is originally a late 15th or early 16th century open hall with service and parlour ends. In the late 16th or early 17th century the parlour end was rebuilt as a crosswing and the open hall was floored. The hall is timber framed and part stuccoed with a thatched roof. The crosswing is timber framed, part exposed, with brick nogging and a thatched roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1126429 Wicken is a small village some 10 miles north east of Cambridge and 5 miles south of Ely. There are traces of occupation from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The village is the site of Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve.
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52.312397
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0.302556