The Town House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Range of cottages.

The Town House

WRENN ID
veiled-hall-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Range of cottages
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TM 0734 EAST BERGHOLT BURNT OAK (South Side)

6/6 The Town House (Nos 1 to 3) (Formerly listed as Almshouses at the Road 22.2.55 junction, 40 yards East of King's Head Inn)

GV II

Burnt Oak Cottages on OS Map. Range of cottages. 3 builds. Early C16 range to Flatford Road, later C16 range to Main Road with probable C17 addition to right. Later alterations. Timber-framed, rendered. Plain tile roof. Red brick stacks. 2 storeys, L-plan. Flatford Road front: 4 1st floor windows. Two C20 doors, small- paned casements. Steeply-pitched hipped roof. To Main Road: 5 1st floor windows, irregularly spaced. Range to left is jettied to rear. Steeply-pitched roof. Range to right is slightly lower with lobby-entry plan with half-glazed door and further entrance in gabled porch to gable end. Interior: Flatford Road range: chamfered beams and exposed joists. No 2 shows jowled posts, cambered tie-beam. Unmoulded crown post with mortice for missing brace to collar purlin with splayed scarf. Roof not fully inspected. In 1654 this building was bought by the Parish Overseers for housing paupers. East Bergholt Society, East Bergholt 1981, Text J Elam.

Listing NGR: TM0779134344

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