Bramford House

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BRAMFORD SHIP LANE TM 1246 9/82 Bramford House 9.12.55 - II* House, probably c.1693 with possible earlier core and C18 alterqtions.

Double-pile plan. 2 storeys and attics, 7 windows. Orange brick with parapet gables incorporating chimneys. Band at 1st floor level, above which the Flemish bond walling has burnt headers. A fine wooden eaves cornice has groups of 3 and 4 console brackets and a frieze enriched with egg and dart ornament. Ogee guttering with large lion-head water spouts. Plain tiled 2-span roof. Flat roofed dormers with C19 sashes. Sashes with flat arches of gauged brick and flush frames with small-pane sashes. Entrance door with 6 fielded panels. The Roman Doric portico porch is probably a late C18 addition; it has a flat entablature on a pair of circular columns. An original staircase has barley-sugar twist balusters. Several rooms have good original fireplaces and panelling. Suffolk Houses: E Sandon.

Listing NGR: TM1266846413

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0531 IOE Records taken by B A Curtis; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mrs B.A. Curtis. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project