Bredfield House and Walls of the Walled Garden
BREDFIELD HOUSE AND WALLS OF THE WALLED GARDEN, WOODBRIDGE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1030748
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Bredfield House and Walls of the Walled Garden
- Statutory Address:
- BREDFIELD HOUSE AND WALLS OF THE WALLED GARDEN, WOODBRIDGE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1030748
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 31-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Bredfield House and Walls of the Walled Garden
- Statutory Address 1:
- BREDFIELD HOUSE AND WALLS OF THE WALLED GARDEN, WOODBRIDGE ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BREDFIELD HOUSE AND WALLS OF THE WALLED GARDEN, WOODBRIDGE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bredfield
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 26596 51364
Details
BREDFIELD (Off) WOOBRIDGE ROAD TM 25 SE 3/52 Bredfield House 16/3/66 (formerly listed as Fitzgerald Cottage) and walls of the walled gardens. GV II House, originally garden house and walls of 2 walled gardens. Mid C18 with C20 additions. Red Flemish bond brick with some black headers and a plain tile roof. Single storey house with attics, and two storeys (originally single storey) connected to two rectangular walled gardens. South front of the house: C18 portion at right, slightly projecting with black headers, three bays with cambered heads and with C19 horned sash windows of 3 x 4 panes. The brickwork between the left hand 2 windows appears to have been replaced. Band of three bricks depth above this and a cornice with projecting headers below the eaves. Recessed C20 portion at left of 2 bays with similar cambered-headed sash windows of 3 x 4 panes. To the attic at right are flat-roofed dormer windows, each of 2 lights, and at left is another similar window. The right hand flank is the entrance front and has a projecting wing at left which is the side of the C18 building and has walling with fixed headers and the projecting band of 3 bricks depth. C20 chimney breast to its centre with offsets and single flue. Recessed and at right is the C20 portion which has a doorway at left, the door having 6 recessed panels and a debased classical porch in front. Two-light casement to right of this with a cambered head and a 2-light and a 3-light casement window to the first floor.
Interior: The former garden room, now the drawing room has painted panelling which has raised and fielded panels above and below the chair rail. Dentilled cornice above this. The western wall has a tripartite arrangement divided by fluted pilasters which have moulded bases and caps and projecting portions of cornice above them. The chimney piece has a trellis pattern in relief to the frieze, hollow dentils to the cornice, and brackets to either side, and may be of late-c18 date. Raised and fielded panel to the overmantel. To the left of this is an arched niche with shell motif and flutings to the arched head, pilaster strips to either side and projecting springing pieces and keystone. The bay at right probably contained a similar arrangement but has now been adapted to form a door surround. Joined to the south front and extending northwards are two walled gardens with walls of c.10 feet in height with basket-arched openings to the southern and middle walls and a lean-to glasshouse to the centre of the south face of the north wall. Adjoining the eastern wall to its eastern side is a single storey house adapted from farm buildings in the C20 which is not included as part of this item.
Listing NGR: TM2659651364
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285416
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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