Longthorpe houses [1]
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Longthorpe houses [1]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 26 Sep 2021
Originally three cottages, now two houses, numbers 307 and 309 Thorpe Road, are 18th century cottages with part of one wing from the 17th century. Constructed of coursed rubble stone under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309842 Longthorpe is a village in the city of Peterborough, some 2 miles west of the city centre. A Roman fort was established here in the 1st century covering 27 acres, later replaced by another fort of 11 acres. The village is home to Longthorpe Tower, a 14th-century tower and fortified manor house, it contains the finest and most complete set of domestic paintings of the period in northern Europe.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.5708
Longitude
-0.28409