Cambridge 2000: Water Street: 90-98
This was previously the site of the Pike and Eel pub.
The arrival of the
Cambridge North railway station
meant that land prices were bound to climb steeply
nearby, and the five houses built on the site are a
reflection of that. Four of the houses are identical
in layout, with the fifth, at the right in the photo,
slightly different because of the plot shape.
Each house was being sold for well over a million pounds.
In April 2017, before the houses were finished, some pseudo-Latin
graffiti, apparently intended to say "local homes for local people",
was painted on the other, street, side, indicating some local
resentment at the coming influx of rich London commuters.
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