Bramleys

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