Lovejoy Antiques
LOVEJOY ANTIQUES, 52, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032290
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lovejoy Antiques
- Statutory Address:
- LOVEJOY ANTIQUES, 52, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032290
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Lovejoy Antiques
- Statutory Address 1:
- LOVEJOY ANTIQUES, 52, HIGH STREET
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:
- LOVEJOY ANTIQUES, 52, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Debenham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 17421 63123
Details
DEBENHAM HIGH STREET (west side) TM 16 SE 6/108 No.52 (Lovejoys Antiques) - GV II
Former meeting hall of Ancient Order of Foresters, now antiques showroom. Dated 1905; by Raymond Wrinch, architect of Ipswich (inscribed foundation stone). Facade of white brick with stone dressings; remainder red brick. Slated roof. 2 storeys. Unaltered 3-bay facade. On ground floor, 4 piers with banded rustication, linked by a moulded first floor string course. Piers carry coupled engaged Ionic columns which support an entablature and dentilled pedimented gable. Side bays have sash windows with glazing bars and moulded architraves with triple keys. Upper windows have broken pediments on brackets. Centre has a tripartite panel, pedimented to match upper windows, containing a coat of arms. Keyed oculus in gable. Moulded semi-circular triple-keyed entrance arch with panelled soffit, carried on coupled columns. Within, the original paired semi-glazed doors with cornice above, and flanking sash windows. Interior. Gallery with bowed iron railings. A very prominent building making an important contribution to the street. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: TM1742163123
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 281532
- 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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