17, Ipswich Road

No. 17 Ipswich Road is a house dating from around 1600, with internal flooring added in the early 18th century. It features a timber frame with later brickwork and a thatched roof, arranged in a two-celled plan.

The exterior is one storey with an attic and has a two-window range. The west elevation includes a three-plank door to the right of two late 18th-century three-light metal casements. The south return has a ground floor encased in 19th-century brick, fitted with an early 20th-century three-light Crittall window, and a late 18th-century three-light metal casement in the attic. The east elevation exposes wattle and daub, mostly covered with 20th-century render, and features eight panels of early 18th-century pargetting under the eaves, each with various incised interlace or wavy patterns. There is a plank door at the north end. The north return has a late 18th-century two-light metal casement on the ground floor and a late 19th-century three-light timber casement in the attic. The roof is gabled with a 19th-century ridge stack located north of the center.

Inside, the south room has a chamfered bridging beam with a tongue stop at the east end, which was reused when the floor was inserted, along with chamfered joists. There is a late 19th-century fire insert with a panelled timber surround and a staircase to the west of the stack. The north room features a 19th-century range and warming kettle with a fireplace, and a stud partition separates a small room to the west. The timber frame has tension braces at the corners. The first floor also has tension braces in the north wall and a stud partition forming a small room to the west. The south room contains the upper part of a six-light diamond-mullioned window under the eaves, which formerly extended into the ground floor. The roof consists of secondary rafters only and collars.