Part of the Cambridgeshire Travel Guide, featuring heritage and attraction information.
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Cambridgeshire - Historic Houses - Peckover House Part of the Cambridgeshire Travel Guide, featuring heritage and attraction information. |
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Peckover HousePeckover House is a beautiful Georgian town house facing onto The Brink at Wisbech. The house is named for the Peckovers, a family of Quaker bankers. The house was constructed around 1722, and features lovely rococo carvings and plasterwork. It was bought by Joseph Peckover in the late 18th century. For many years Peckover ran his bank from his house until it was eventually moved to another purpose built building nearby. In the grounds is a thatched barn, built in the 17th century, and Georgian stables, in addition to a number of Victorian additions to the 2 acres of gardens, including an orangery, fernery, and summerhouses. The gardens are rated one of the finest walled gardens in England, and feature some exotic and unusual plantings, including Ginko Biloba, tulip tree, and fruiting orange trees thought to be over 300 years old. Visitors can view three floors of rooms. On the ground floor are public rooms, including a drawing room and superb library. Upstairs are several smaller chambers including a family bedroom, and a chamber given to memorabilia on the Peckover family and its place in Wisbech society. Below stairs are the kitchen, pantry, and small activity area for children that includes a 'Cabinet of Curiosities'. There also activities for children, including a quiz trail.
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