Barham Close
BARHAM CLOSE, BELL'S CROSS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1033287
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Barham Close
- Statutory Address:
- BARHAM CLOSE, BELL'S CROSS ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-09-08
- Reference:
- IOE01/00213/09
- Rights:
- © Mrs B.A. Curtis. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1033287
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 24-Jan-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Barham Close
- Statutory Address 1:
- BARHAM CLOSE, BELL'S CROSS 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:
- BARHAM CLOSE, BELL'S CROSS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 14934 52310
Details
TM 15 SW
3/7
BARHAM
Bell's Cross Road
Barham Close
(Formerly listed as Barn Close)
9.12.55
II
House, mid C16 with alterations of early C20. 2 storeys. 3-cell plan; the
right-hand cell is of cross-wing form. Timber-framed; the framing is fully
exposed with arched wind-braces and close-studding, the infill panels
plastered. Thatched roofs, the cross-wing hipped. C17 axial chimney of red
brick. Various mainly C20 casements including some of plaintiled oriel form.
Some original diamond-mullioned windows are exposed and glazed, also one with
ovolo-moulded mullions of c.1600. 1-storey gabled plaintiled entrance porch;
the doorway has reused late-mediaeval timber jambs and a C20 arched head. The
cross-wing has heavy unmoulded joists (some reused from a medieval house),
exposed studwork,and a 3-bay chamber above. Clasped-purlin roofs. The roof
over the single-bay hall is lightly smoke-blackened, either by a short-lived
original open hearth or an early accidental fire. The 1st floor joists in the
hall range are on-edge and of C17 or C18, and must represent a major
alteration, possibly the conversion of an open hall.
Listing NGR: TM1493452310
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 279200
- 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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