The Round House

THE ROUND HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1377221
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1984
Statutory Address:
THE ROUND HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD

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Date:
2002-09-11
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1377221
Date first listed:
16-Jan-1984
Statutory Address 1:
THE ROUND HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
THE ROUND HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Thorington
National Grid Reference:
TM4337573568

Details

TM 47 SW THORINGTON CHURCH ROAD

3/40 The Round House
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- II

Gamekeeper's lodge for Thorington Hall estate. Circa 1820, with later
alterations and considerable additions. Original building was a 2 storey
rectangle with chamfered corners and single storey semi-circular wings to each
of the long sides. Small flint pebbles, painted brick dressings, thatched
roofs. 2-light casement windows, those to the ends of the main block with
chamfered heads; one doorway to each semi-circular wing: one half-glazed door
and one 4-panel door, the upper 2 panels glazed, with thatched hood. Main
block with plinth and brick band at first floor level; both wings with
plastered plinth; the unaltered wing with a plaster band at eaves level, the
other wing with a plastered flat-roofed first floor addition. The main block
has a central internal stack with 2 square flues set diagonally. Late C19 and
C20 extensions to west.


Listing NGR: TM4337573568

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285556
Legacy System:
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