Quintons House

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TM 0735, 5/39

EAST BERGHOLT, QUINTONS CORNER (East Side), Quintons House

(Formerly listed as: Quintons Cottage)

GV

II

House. Probably late C16 with C17 rear cross wing. Timber-framed, rendered. Part underbuilt in brick. Plain tile roof. Red brick stacks. Two storeys. Front range: 5-bay frame of unusual width. Gable end to road. Off-centre plank door flanked by casement windows under timber lintel. 20-pane flush sash and small fire window to left, further casement window to right. To first floor, single-light fire window and one casement. Steeply-pitched roof and large ridge stack. C19 low brick extension to right gable end which is underbuilt in brick and has rebuilt external stack. Left gable end has flush sash window with glazing bars to left otherwise C20 window. Rear wing underbuilt in brick, studded above on right return, external stack to gable.

INTERIOR: much framing exposed. Ground floor shows studded walls. Room to left of stack has Tudor-arched fireplace, cross beam with tongue stop and exposed joists. Kitchen to right has cambered bressummer with jewel stop. Corner cupboard with raised and fielded panelling and cornice. First floor: centre bay shows massive jowled posts with long waney arch braces to cambered tie beam. Studded partition wall. To rear wall evidence of wide arch of uncertain purpose. Edge-halved scarf to rear wall plate. Large stepped stack. Blocked 4-light diamond mullion window. Bedroom fireplace with chamfered elliptical arch. Moulded plank door of probable C16 date. Roof: two levels butt purlins. Rear wing has jowled posts with arch braces to chamfered tie beams and studded walls.

Listing NGR: TM0767135584