Bridge Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A C16 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Bridge Cottage
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TM 03 SE EAST BERGHOLT FLATFORD
3/7 Bridge Cottage
22.2.55
GV II*
Cottage, now National Trust information centre and shop. Probably late C16 with later alterations. Timber-framed, rendered. Red brick stack. Thatched roof. One storey and attic. 3½-bay frame with lower addition to right. To left a board door and bow window. Central fire window. Further board door and casement to right. Gabled half dormer to right with casement window forms a post C18 addition. Central stack. Lower extension to right under hipped roof. Rear: board door and 2-light window with horizontal glazing bars and further board door to right with 2-light casement adjoining. 2 gabled half dormers with casement windows. Interior: chamfered spine beam and cross beams with run-out stops. Jowled posts, wall plates with some arch braces and wall studding exposed. Collar rafter roof, clasped purlins to part. II* grading reflects the importance of the cottage as part of the Flatford Mill group and its significance in the work of John Constable. Undergoing restoration at time of resurvey.
Listing NGR: TM0758233336
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