Fountain House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. House, restaurant. 1 related planning application.

Fountain House

WRENN ID
silver-bailey-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
House, restaurant
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TM 0634 EAST BERGHOLT THE STREET (East Side)

6/65 Fountain House (Formerly listed as 22.2.55 Greens Stores)

GV II

House and cottage, now restaurant. 3 builds, central section C16 with probable C17 section to left and C18 cottage to right. Timber-framed, rendered. Plain tile roof, red brick stack. Two storeys and attic with single-storey cottage projecting to right gable end to street. Section to left has 3-light windows with central casements. Jettied central range has 2½-bay frame. Porch to left with elliptical arch and 6-panel door. 3-light window with central casement and 16-pane sash to right. Added porch to right. Three first floor casements. Gabled dormer, off- centre ridge stack to right and roof gableted to right. Cottage has C19 door and window with glazing bars to gable end. Interior: jettied range shows jowled posts, chamfered tie beams with arch braces, wall plates and studding. Central half-bay contains large stepped stack. Chamfered spine beam and exposed joists to ground floor. Chamfered beams with run-out stops. Rebuilt inglenook retains Tudor-arched bressummer to rear. The cottage was the home of John Dunthorne, village plumber and artist companion of John Constable.

Listing NGR: TM0695434596

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