1-4 Church Street
- Date:
- 22 Jul 2002
- Location:
- 1-4 Church Street, Wetheringsett Cum Brockford, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP14 5PH
- Reference:
- IOE01/07566/08
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD CHURCH STREET TM 16 NW 3/122 Nos. 1-4 (incl) -
GV II 4 cottages. An early-mid C16 house, with earlier work to left, probably included in a bequest to the parish by William Redham in 1553. Parish Poor House in C17, converted into almshouses in C18. 3 of the dwellings are now in private ownership. Timber framed, the front wall rebuilt in red brick in mid C18, the remainder rendered. Roof of concrete pantiles. Main block 2 storeys and attic; 1-storey earlier section to left, l-storey and one-storey in-line additions to right. Upper floor has a range of 4 C18 2-light casement windows with diamond-leaded panes. On ground floor, 2-light windows of c.1900, each light with a single horizontal glazing bar, under segmental arches. 1-storey sections each have one raking dormer with windows as ground floor. 5 doorways, all with semi-glazed boarded doors. Old stack set against rear wall, the shaft partly rebuilt and enlarged; 2 other stacks are probably C18 additions. Interior. Main range has heavy studding with reversed braces, fully exposed in No.4. Heavy tie beam braces. Chamfered-joist ceiling in No.4, fully roll-moulded bridging beams in Nos. 2 & 3, the joists plastered over. Open fireplace against rear wall, mostly within No.3: this is a later introduction. Old attic stair at rear of No.4. Clasped purlin roof with arched wind bracing. Earlier work to left: good close studding with remains of diamond-mullioned gable window; plain joists with original trimming for a stair; clasped purlin roof.
Listing NGR: TM1270566743
This is part of the Series: IOE01/0468 IOE Records taken by John Cooper; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr John Cooper. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Cooper, John
Rights Holder: Cooper, John
Brick, Concrete, Pantile, Render, Timber, Medieval House, Tudor Monument (By Form), Elizabethan Domestic, Dwelling, Timber Framed House, Timber Framed Building, Workhouse, Health And Welfare, Residential Building, Almshouse, Religious Ritual And Funerary
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