The former Boar’s Head

On the corner of Railway Lane and Station Street is a thatched cottage. This 18th-century building, which is believed to be timber-framed, was once the Boar’s Head Public house.

It is a Grade II Listed building.

Photographs: now and then

Where is it?

Location and directions: Google Maps

Find out more

• The former Boar’s Head on Google Streetview
• The former Boar’s Head on the Chatteris Community Archive
• The former Boar’s Head on the Historic England register of listed buildings

Taking a digital tour of Chatteris?

If you’re taking a Digital Tour of Chatteris, turn right out of Railway Lane onto Station Street (towards the fire station).

At this point, you need to make a decision: do you want to take the shorter tour or the longer tour? You can see details of the extra locations you can see on the longer tour on the Digital Tour of Chatteris page.

Short tour instructions:

Turn left immediately after the Fire Station onto Station Road. Walk the entire length of Station Road, taking some time to appreciate the old buildings on the right-hand side of the street.

Once you get to the junction at the end of Station Road, turn left onto Market Hill and continue until you see the Royal Mail Delivery Office on the left. This is the next stop on your tour.

Long tour instructions:

Continue down Station Street, past Windmill Mews, until you reach 23 Station Street – a large house called Homeland, set behind a wall and trees. It has an elaborate stone gated arch believed to contain materials from the old abbey.

Further down the road, just past 51 Station Street, there is a driveway leading to “Mill Cottage”. This listed building, which according to a plaque dates to 1807 was once the miller’s cottage of Larratts Mill. No trace remains of the octagonal tower and adjacent barn that would have lay to the north.

Near the end of Station Street on the right was the Railway Tavern, which is now residential accommodation. Just past this, on the same side, is Old Station Yard – a reminder that this was once the site of the Railway Station. The A141 March to Huntingdon road runs along what was once the railway track, which was closed as a result of the Beeching cuts. Across the bypass is Stainless Metalcraft formerly Chatteris Engineering. It was famous for its production of heavy cranes and diamond mining equipment, more recently making 4km of the Hadron Collider used in scientific experiments in Switzerland.

Turn left here and walk along Clare Street, which is the next stop on our tour!