The Town House
THE TOWN HOUSE, 1-3, BURNT OAK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1033471
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Town House
- Statutory Address:
- THE TOWN HOUSE, 1-3, BURNT OAK
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1033471
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Town House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TOWN HOUSE, 1-3, BURNT OAK
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:
- THE TOWN HOUSE, 1-3, BURNT OAK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- East Bergholt
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 07791 34344
Details
TM 0734 EAST BERGHOLT BURNT OAK (South Side)
6/6 The Town House (Nos 1 to 3) (Formerly listed as Almshouses at the Road 22.2.55 junction, 40 yards East of King's Head Inn)
GV II
Burnt Oak Cottages on OS Map. Range of cottages. 3 builds. Early C16 range to Flatford Road, later C16 range to Main Road with probable C17 addition to right. Later alterations. Timber-framed, rendered. Plain tile roof. Red brick stacks. 2 storeys, L-plan. Flatford Road front: 4 1st floor windows. Two C20 doors, small- paned casements. Steeply-pitched hipped roof. To Main Road: 5 1st floor windows, irregularly spaced. Range to left is jettied to rear. Steeply-pitched roof. Range to right is slightly lower with lobby-entry plan with half-glazed door and further entrance in gabled porch to gable end. Interior: Flatford Road range: chamfered beams and exposed joists. No 2 shows jowled posts, cambered tie-beam. Unmoulded crown post with mortice for missing brace to collar purlin with splayed scarf. Roof not fully inspected. In 1654 this building was bought by the Parish Overseers for housing paupers. East Bergholt Society, East Bergholt 1981, Text J Elam.
Listing NGR: TM0779134344
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 278713
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Elam, J, East Bergholt, (1981)
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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