Merryvale House
MERRYVALE HOUSE, THE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032336
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Merryvale House
- Statutory Address:
- MERRYVALE HOUSE, THE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1032336
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jun-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Merryvale House
- Statutory Address 1:
- MERRYVALE HOUSE, THE 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:
- MERRYVALE HOUSE, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ashfield cum Thorpe
- National Grid Reference:
- TM2097062065
Details
ASHFIELD CUM THORPE THE STREET
TM 26 SW
5/10 Merryvale House
9/12/55 (formerly listed as
Merryvale)
- II
Former farmhouse. Early C16 with c.1600 stack and parlour addition to right.
Restored 1930's. Timber framed and rendered. Thatched roof, hipped over
service end to left. 3-cell, cross-entry type. 2 storeys and attic. Various
casement windows of C20. Remains of small upper window of c.1600 below stack.
C20 plank door and gabled porch built of re-used timbers, the 2-centred
entrance arch a former medieval doorway; these timbers are said to come from a
house at Easton. Stack has original axial shaft. Later gable stack to left.
Interior. Some exposed studding; reverse-curved braces to earlier phase.
Incomplete diamond-mullioned window in hall chamber. One 4-centre arched
service doorway, now blocked, and evidence for the other. Hall ceiling has
very heavy plain joists, only partly exposed; the bridging beam had a shafted
soffit and was knee-braced to the wallposts. Arched-braced cambered tie beam
over hall chamber. Roof was of coupled-rafter form, still intact over upper
bay of hall where it is sooted. Remainder of roof, unsooted, is largely
rebuilt. Timbers in upper bay of hall chamber are also sooted, suggesting an
original timber flue extending only to first floor level. Parlour end has
contemporary upper ceiling and clasped purlin roof. Intact parlour chamber
fireplace. 2 small C17 cupboards to side of hall fireplace.
Listing NGR: TM2097062065
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 281434
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 28-Jun-2026 at 01:04:14.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.