Gainsborough Street 013 The Christopher Centre

Gainsborough Street 013 The Christopher Centre
Gainsborough Street 013 The Christopher Centre
Gainsborough Street 013 The Christopher Centre
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Gainsborough Street 013 The Christopher Centre, 10, Gainsborough Street
Listed Building Grade II
1892 W. Herbert victualler of The Christopher Inn, Sepulchre Street
C18/C19 plastered brick front, 2 storey, roofs slate. 5 window range, sash with glazing bars, centre 3 breaking forward slightly. Rounded corner on to Christopher Lane with 1st floor 3-light rounded window. Timber framed wing extending down Christopher Lane.
Brief History of the Christopher Centre
The Christopher Centre is an 18th century Grade 2 Listed Building. Although the front of the building is mostly 19th century, the back of the house is older and is part brick and part timber frame. At one point in its history it was owned by Henry and Mary Burroughs, grandparents of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. It then became an inn and being near the old entrance and exit to the town, it was appropriately named The Christopher Inn, after the Patron Saint of Travellers. Eventually it was owned by Greene King.
1912 The Christopher Hotel
In November 1992 Greene King sold it to the Sudbury Common Lands Charity for £135,000. £250,000 was spent on refurbishing the building, particularly in damp-proofing and treating the old timbers.
In July 1993 it was leased to Sudbury Volunteer Centre and on the 19th October 1994 it was officially opened as The Christopher Centre with Derek Hurrell as manager. Until very recently Derek had continued his long association with the building as a Trustee.
The Christopher Centre is now a Registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee run by a Board of Trustees supporting a part-time manager, Teresa Bishop, and a dedicated group of volunteers, who organise fund-raising events, staff the reception office and perform many other duties.
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