Nation England
County Cambridgeshire
Location High Street Fenstanton
Map location exact or closely approximate
Year opened c.1650
Year closed unknown
Century of Operation 1600-1699, 1700-1799, 1800-1899
Building Type Lock Up
Remarks Restored 1989.
'Late C17 clock tower and lock up. Square plan and two-storeys. Red brick with yellow brick rusticated quoins, ashlar plinth. Restored hipped slate roof with wooden louvred bell turret with round arches on each face surmounted by weather vane. Dentil brick eaves cornice. Two plank doors to north and south. One sealed first-floor window and one fixed light with glazing bars in segmental arch. Bell cast by Thomas Norris in 1660 or 1666 (VCH). Clock with octagonal face on east wall from Conington Hall, Cambs. (Inskip Ladds Records, Norris Museum, St Ives, RCHM Huntingdonshire p 92 Mon 3).'
Historic England, National Heritage List for England, 'Clock Tower Lock Up, Fenstanton, LEN 1309432'
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