Nos 1 And 2 Bourn Hall

Nos 1 and 2 Bourn Hall are a house, now divided into two dwellings. The property incorporates an early 16th-century cross wing on the right (No 1), with alterations made in the 17th and later centuries. A further 17th-century cross wing is located on the left (No 2), while the central range was rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries. The cross wings are timber-framed and rendered, with the left wing partially underbuilt in brick. The central range is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roofs are present, with French tiles to the rear. The building has two storeys, a cellar and an attic, and an overall U-shaped plan with wings of four bays. A through passage is situated adjacent to the right cross wing.

The central range features a 19th-century door to the right, set within an architrave and topped by a flat gauged brick arch. A small casement sits beneath a soldier arch to the centre, and a tripartite sash window with glazing bars is located to the left, also under a flat gauged brick arch. On the first floor, there are three 20th-century cross casements. The rear elevation has a large external stack and a gabled staircase extension to the left. The right cross wing has a tripartite sash with glazing bars in an architrave, with a further 16-pane sash in an architrave above. The gable has bargeboards, and a ridge stack is present. A four-light window with cavetto and ovolo mullions is situated on the right return. The left cross wing has an external stack to the front gable end, and an entrance on the left return.

Inside No 1, the front room has a 17th-century cross beam plaster ceiling with decorative paterae. A rear room has a Tudor-arched doorway within a studded partition, leading to a studded board door with rear batons and strap hinges. A moulded Tudor-arched bressumer is above the fireplace, with exposed wall posts and studding. A 17th-century plaster cornice is also present. A 19th-century staircase is fitted, with a ramped handrail. On the first floor, jowled posts and wall plates are exposed. A front room, in the second bay, has a cambered tie beam with plaster paterae and arched braces. There is a Jacobean strapwork frieze, and indications of a large, concealed fireplace with a Tudor-arched door to the right. The roof is a clasped purlin construction with some wind braces. The front gable has herringbone brick nogging. No 2 shows a timber frame with jowled posts, chamfered tie beams, and arch braces. One studded partition is present on the first floor, along with wall studding. The centre range features a restored clasped purlin roof.

The manor of Bourn Hall was granted to Cardinal Wolsey in 1528, following the suppression of the Priory of St Peter at Ipswich. In 1609, the manor was purchased by Sir Edward Coke, Chief Justice of England.