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7-9, High Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Lavenham, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1084 / 52°6'30"N

Longitude: 0.795 / 0°47'42"E

OS Eastings: 591499

OS Northings: 249245

OS Grid: TL914492

Mapcode National: GBR RHZ.XG7

Mapcode Global: VHKDY.Q8NK

Plus Code: 9F424Q5W+82

Entry Name: 7-9, High Street

Listing Date: 23 January 1958

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1037201

English Heritage Legacy ID: 276702

Also known as: The Crooked House

ID on this website: 101037201

Location: Lavenham, Babergh, Suffolk, CO10

County: Suffolk

District: Babergh

Civil Parish: Lavenham

Built-Up Area: Lavenham

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Lavenham St Peter and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


LAVENHAM HIGH STREET
1.
(west side)
Nos 7 to 9 (consec)
TL 9149 50/553 23.1.58
II GV
2.
Originally a C15 hall house with cross wings at the north and south ends
but very much altered in the C18 and C19. It is now divided into 2 tenements
and the original features are obscured. No 7 (the south cross wing)
has been restored with the timber-framing exposed. Two storeys. The
upper storey is jettied on exposed joists and embattled bressumers.
The ground storey has a restored boarded door with arched head and arched
windows with lattice leaded lights. The upper storey has a 4-light leaded
casement. There are interior features. No 8 (the original hall block)
is one storey and attics and the front was built out on the front in
the C18, with a sloping tiled roof. There is one double-hung sash window
with glazing bars and one shallow bow window with glazing bars. Two
gabled dormers on the front. No 9 (Kipps), the original north cross
wing, was rebuilt in the late C18 in brick (painted) with a hipped roof.
Two storeys. The upper storey has one double-hung sash window with glazing
bars and louvred shutters and the ground storey has a shallow bow window
with glazing bars and a 3-panel door with shallow fanlight. The roofs
are all tiled.


Listing NGR: TL9149949245

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