Description

MENDLESHAM OLD MARKET STREET
TM 16 NW
7/62 No.8 (Tudor House)
29.7.55 (formerly listed as
Premises occupied by
A.W. Braybrooke, Back
Street)

GV II
House. A C16 3-cell range with slightly later wing set forward to left.
Restored 1950's. Timber framed with exposed close studding. Plaintiled roof.
2 storeys. End-jettied wing facing road. Mid C20 casement windows with
square-leaded and diamond-leaded glass. Inner return wall of wing has plank
door enclosed by a mid C20 gabled timber porch. Internal stack with plain C19
shaft. Small later stack in wing. Lean-to addition, rendered and plaintiled,
against right gable end. Interior. Main range has substantial studding and
reverse-curved braces. Heavy plain joists in hall and parlour ceilings, the
floorbeam in the hall unchamfered. Open fireplace in hall. A C17 cambered
ceiling in the parlour chamber. Heavy irregular joists in ceiling of forward
wing, a later upper ceiling now removed. Roof over main range not examined.

Listing NGR: TM1043965869

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476122

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