The Red House
THE RED HOUSE, STOUR STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1376668
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Red House
- Statutory Address:
- THE RED HOUSE, STOUR STREET
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- Date:
- 2004-10-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/13261/10
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1376668
- Date first listed:
- 19-Dec-1961
- List Entry Name:
- The Red House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RED HOUSE, STOUR STREET
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 RED HOUSE, STOUR STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cavendish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL8004945865
Details
1.
2006
TL 84 NW
13/29
19.12.61
CAVENDISH
CAVENDISH
Stour Street
The Red House
II
GV
2.
A C16 timber-framed and plastered house comprising a 2 storey gabled block at
the west end, with a jettied upper storey and a single storey wing with attic
and cellar on the east end. The jettied upper storey of the west block is carried
on a bressumer carved with running leaf ornamentation and supported on brackets
with the remains of shafts. The gable projects slightly and has curved braces
below the apex. The windows are C20, casements with gazing bars. Roof tiled,
with 2 gabled dormers on te south front. The interior has moulded and carved
ceiling joists and beams with running leaf ornamentation and 2 doorways with
carved spandrels.
Layfield and house adjoining, The Red House and Mumfords form a group.
Listing NGR: TL8004945865
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282916
- 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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