Braughing Bury

Braughing Bury is a house located in Braughing village, with origins dating back to the early 17th century, though it has undergone several alterations from the late medieval period through to around 1970. The structure features a timber frame set on a red brick sill, with plastered panelled basketwork pargetting and a stucco plinth on the west wing. It has steep old red tile roofs topped with tall octagonal red brick chimneys that have spurred caps.

The oldest section of the house, situated in the center, was originally an open hall with a crown-post roof, accompanied by a cross-passage and service bay to the east, and a two-bay, two-storey crosswing to the west. Late 16th-century beams inserted in the hall indicate that there was a timber-framed predecessor to the late 17th-century central chimney. The early 17th century saw significant expansion, including the construction of a long two-storey east crosswing with attics and a substantial extension to the rear of the west crosswing, which featured a gabled stair in the rear angle.

In the late 17th century, a lower gabled two-storey range with attics was added next to the east crosswing, coinciding with the rebuilding of the hall chimney. The early 18th century brought further expansion to the west wing, which was extended, refronted, and reroofed with two parallel ridges running east-west. The central door of this wing now serves as the main entrance to the house.

The west wing has a nearly symmetrical façade with three windows, featuring flush box sashes with 10/10 panes flanking a central window with 6/6 panes. It also boasts a pilastered Tuscan door surround with an entablature above a four-panel door topped by a round-headed radial fanlight. The northern front displays irregularly arranged two- and three-light flush leaded casements, along with bargeboarded gables on the east wing that feature pierced pendants. The interior of the house reveals exposed framing.