Description

BULL LANE
1.
5377 Long Melford
Bull Lane Farmhouse
TL 84 NE 6/405 10.1.53.
II GV

2.
A C16-C17 timber-framed and plastered house with cross wings at the east
and west ends. The south front was entirely refronted in the C18 when
the centre part was built out and heightened. 2 storeys. 4 window range,
double hung sashes with glazing bars. There is a central 6-panel door
with architrave and a Tuscan porch with plain columns and a modillion
cornice. The east and west cross wings project at the rear and the east
wing has exposed timber-framing. At the north end there is a 2 storeyed
square bay with mullioned windows (mostly blocked) with some lattice leaded
lights on the ground storey. The gable is carried out over the bay supported
on a cambered bressummer with fine carved ornamentation and with arched
braces at the outer ends, with pendants. An additional later wing extends
to the west of the west cross wing. Roofs tiled, with paired modillion
eaves cornice on the south front and a good chimney stack with 4 grouped
octagonal shafts on a square base to the east cross wing.

Listing NGR: TL8731045857

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26288261

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  For the Record
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings