Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree

Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1286137
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree
Statutory Address:
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1286137
Date first listed:
22-Feb-1955
List Entry Name:
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree
Statutory Address 1:
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SE

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree, Gaston Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6SE

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 07036 34713

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 August 2024 to update the name and address and reformat the text to current standards

TM 0735
6/27

EAST BERGHOLT
GASTON STREET (East Side)
Gothic House, Little Gothics and Commandree

(Formerly listed as The Gothics, Little Gothics, Commandree)

22.2.55

GV
II

House with additional ranges, now forming three dwellings. Late C15 house with probable C17 additions and mid C19 remodelling. Timber-framed, rendered. Plain tiles, red brick stacks. Original house had open hall range with jettied cross wing to left and service wing to right. Projecting added cross wing to each side, that to right of two builds. Further additions to right and rear. Mid C19 remodelling in Tudor style. Two storeys, except for former hall range which is now one storey and attic. C15 range: internal evidence for original cross passage entry to right, remodelled to form lobby-entry to left adjacent to jettied wing. C20 door. C19 mullion and transom windows throughout, square bay to ground floor of jettied wing. Two gabled dormers. Upper part of ridge stack rebuilt. Gabled added cross wings are jettied to front and have similar detailing. Bargeboards to gables. Rear section of right wing has mansard roof.

Interior: Little Gothics now occupies the hall range and ground floor of service range to right. Framing exposed including studded walls. Original cross passage doors and paired service doors (one renewed) with chamfered Tudor arches. C16 ceiling with moulded beams with leaf stops and moulded joists. Inglenook, somewhat remodelled, with chamfered bressummer. Section of inserted C17 panelling. Kitchen in former service range retains cross beam with mortices for original partition wall. Attic: the hall crown post and tie beam have been renewed but a C20 post has been inserted to support the original capital and braces which survive together with the rest of the roof. Front wall plate shows diamond mortices and shutter groove of original hall window.

Interior of former The Gothics not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0703634713

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
278735
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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