Description

TL 7638
7/3
21.6.62

GREAT YELDHAM
HIGH STREET, West Side
The Limes, formerly listed as The Lines

GV
II

House, c.1500, altered in C17, C19 and C20. Timber framed, partly plastered,
partly with exposed framing, roofing with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay main
range aligned approx. N-S with chimney stack in N bay. 2 crosswings, forming
a half-H plan. 2 internal chimney stacks in N crosswing, one external chimney
stack to S of S crosswing. Lean-to stair tower in NW angle. Small lean-to
extension to S. Aspect E. 2 storeys. C20 door in tiled gabled porch, 3 C20
casement windows on ground floor and 4 on first floor, mostly with C20 labels.
Exposed framing on main range, exposed jetty on S crosswing with billet-carved
bressumer. C20 pierced bargeboards on both gables. The interior has moulded
beams and joists, some exposed studding with curved bracing trenched inside,
original stair door with 4-centred doorhead. RCHM 16.

Listing NGR: TL7607638132

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458458

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback