The Laurels
THE LAURELS, BRAISWORTH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316517
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Laurels
- Statutory Address:
- THE LAURELS, BRAISWORTH ROAD
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- Date:
- 1999-10-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/00458/03
- Rights:
- © Mr Barry Freeman. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316517
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Feb-1998
- List Entry Name:
- The Laurels
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE LAURELS, BRAISWORTH 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:
- THE LAURELS, BRAISWORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Eye
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 13511 72991
Details
EYE
TM17SW BRAISWORTH ROAD 585-1/3/1 (West side) 15/06/51 The Laurels (Formerly Listed as: RAPSY TAPSY LANE The Laurels)
II
Farmhouse. Early C17, extended mid C19. Timber frame, partly clad with brick. Pantile and plaintile roofs. Plan consists of north-south range and a wing running east at the south end. Mid C19 addition of a parallel wing to south of this, forming present south facade. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. South front with a 4-light casement to ground floor under concrete lintel. 4-panelled door to left. Two 3-light first-floor casements. Gabled roof. Stepped east and west gables, the former with internal gable-end stack carrying 2 octagonal flues. To left of facade and set back is a C19 stepped gable-end of north-south wing: one 3-light casement each floor and 2-light to attic. Early C17 parallel range to north terminating in stepped brick gable end to street (east). Brick laid in English bond. 2 blocked first-floor windows. Internal gable-end stack with two polygonal flues. Brick returns into otherwise timber-framed north front: 2- and 3-light C19 casements. North-south range with C20 casements. At junction of C17 ranges is a ridge stack with quadruple octagonal flues linked under a concrete lintel. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of considerable interest.
Listing NGR: TM1351172991
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468231
- 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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