Little Lodge Farmhouse

TL 73 NE CASTLE HEDINGHAM SUDBURY ROAD 2/131 Little Lodge Farmhouse 21 6 62 GV II

House. C16 or earlier with later alterations. Timber framed and plastered. Red plain tiled roof. Hipped to left with gabled crosswing to right. Brick plinth. Large external red brick chimney stack to left with date 1757 and a very large stack to right with moulded panel IV 1588 SEP 14 and the molet emblem of the De Vere family. 2 storeys, attics and cellar with attic window to gable. 3:1 window ranges to ground and first floors, mainly 3 light vertically sliding sashes with glazing bars to upper sashes. Central C20 plank and muntin door with red tiled porch on brackets. Brackets to gable band and moulded central band. There is a C19 wing to centre rear with an attached outbuilding. Wing to rear left. This latter wing hipped to left and forming a rear courtyard. Reputed to be one of the original hunting lodges to Hedingham Castle. Internal features include 5 fireplaces to main stack, 1 with a segmental brick arch and plastered Tudor arch to attic. Heavy stop chamfered bridging joists and some exposed frame with mullion window. A C20 fire destroyed the main range roof. RCHM 39.

Listing NGR: TL7914335294