Latitude: 52.2223 / 52°13'20"N
Longitude: 1.5771 / 1°34'37"E
OS Eastings: 644412
OS Northings: 264266
OS Grid: TM444642
Mapcode National: GBR XQ9.PJT
Mapcode Global: VHM7Q.9D2Q
Plus Code: 9F436HCG+WR
Entry Name: The Guesten Hall at Abbey Farm
Listing Date: 24 July 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1268290
English Heritage Legacy ID: 461980
ID on this website: 101268290
Location: East Suffolk, IP16
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Civil Parish: Leiston
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Leiston St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Tagged with: Agricultural structure
TM 46 SW LEISTON-CUM-SIZEWELL ABBEY ROAD
79/4/10016 The Guesten Hall at Abbey Farm
GV II
College refectory , recital hall and accommodation, probably monastic guest house originally. Late C14/C15, rebuilt re-using the surviving medieval walling 1986-93 by John Weller and subsequently Michael Mallinson: Alde Contracts builders. Flint with stone and brick dressings and some weather boarding. Tile roof with brick ridge stack. 2 storeys. C20 fenestration and doors. The right hand part of the front wall is medieval to above the 1st floor level and has shallow buttresses on the interior. The rear wall has medieval walling to the ground floor to right and to full height to left. The various openings include a fine doorway to the 1st floor with chamfered brick 2-centred arch. The Guesten Hall and adjacent Barn at Abbey Farm (qv) form a group with Leiston Abbey House aka Retreat House (qv) and the ruins of Leiston Abbey (qv), the latter being in the guardianship of English Heritage.
Listing NGR: TM4441264266
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