Description

SHUDY CAMPS MAIN STREET
TL 64 SW
(South Side)
10/99
Bramleys
2.1.86
GV II*

Cottage. C13 aisled hall with base cruck truss inserted in C14. C18 kitchen
bay at south east end. Timber-framed plaster rendered and reed and long
straw thatch roof, hipped to north west end. Single range and of three bays
but the mortice for a brace in the most south easterly arcade post on the
north side indicates that the house extended further. Red brick ridge stack
of c.1600; grouped shafts set diagonally on a square base. One storey and
attic. One eyebrow dormer on the north side and four small ground floor
windows on either side of baffle entry doorway. Bread oven projects from
rear wall. C18 bay added at south east end. Timber framed, plaster rendered
and long straw thatch, hipped roof. Interior: Dating features of C13 aisled
hall include unjowled heads to the arcade posts, and passing braces from wall
posts to tie beams. These features are visible in the truss south east of
the chimney. The collar rafter roof is sooted generally. Other dating
features of the C13 include a splayed scarf joint of early type on the north
west end wall and another possibly later in the rear wall. The base cruck
consists of a pair of blades cut from a single tree and morticed for arch
braces, now removed, to a tie beam, and for side braces to the arcade plate.
The bay at the north west end is floored and has heavy close set joists laid
on edge. The open hall was lit on the north side by a window opening with
diamond mullions, the sites of which are visible. The floor and stack were
inserted in the open hall in C17. The house is of particular interest
because of its early date and the types of structures it contains.

A. Gibson: Interim Report (V.A.G.)
E. Mercer: English Vernacular Houses, mon (21), p100
R.C.H.M. Record Cards (1949, 1969)
Archaeological Unit Suffolk C.C., Bury St Edmunds: Measured Drawings

Listing NGR: TL6168044912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550850

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