Wildes House
WILDES HOUSE, 80, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1292604
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address:
- WILDES HOUSE, 80, HIGH STREET
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- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/05733/07
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1292604
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-1949
- Statutory Address 1:
- WILDES HOUSE, 80, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WILDES HOUSE, 80, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lowestoft
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 55125 93624
Details
LOWESTOFT
TM5593NW HIGH STREET 914-1/8/37 (East side) 13/12/49 No.80 Wilde's House
GV II
House, now offices. Dated 1586. Tarred knapped flint with white-painted brick and stone dressings. Pantile roof. 2 storeys and dormer attic on a plinth course. To the extreme right (south) is a square-headed carriage arch leading to Wilde's Score. Left of this is a 3-panel door with a lintel in which are diamond panels and a plaque: 1586 W.M. Four C20 replica sashes to the left, irregularly disposed in groups of 3 and one. The outer 2 of the group of 3 are entirely C20 insertions. They have exposed boxes and chamfered painted reveals. 4 similar sashes light the first floor. Gabled roof with 3 flat-topped dormers fitted with C20 casements. Ridge stack left of centre. North and south re-built parapets on moulded kneelers. The rear elevation has 5 windows to each floor of irregular disposition. All were formerly mullioned, now all have late C20 casements. INTERIOR. All interior fittings either removed or boarded over. Late C16 roof structure with many renewals: principals with chamfered slots to accommodate the through purlin; added lower purlins; curved windbraces; collars.
Listing NGR: TM5512593624
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 391314
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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