Blaize House

Blaize House is a Grade II* listed building located on Church Street in Lavenham. This structure dates from the 15th to 16th century and features a timber-framed and plastered design, with the timber framing now exposed on the front. The roof is tiled. Blaize House was once part of a group known as the Weaving Houses, where a master clothier lived and operated looms. The upper storey previously displayed pargetted emblems of the wool trade, including a mitre, fleur-de-lys, and spur-rowels. By the late 18th century, the building was repurposed as a school.

The house has two storeys, with the upper storey jettied across the entire front, supported by exposed joists and curved brackets featuring moulded capitals and shafts. It includes a three-window range of restored leaded casements and a restored mullioned window with Gothic arched lights on the upper storey. The entrance features a Tudor arched doorway with carved spandrels, and there is an oriel bay on the ground floor with a moulded and embattled sill. At the rear, there are gabled wings. Inside, the building retains the screen passage of the original open hall and boasts a fine crown post roof.