25, MARKET PLACE (See details for further address information)

SOUTHWOLD

TM5076 MARKET PLACE 588-1/7/77 (East side) 22/11/71 No.25

GV II

Includes: Nos.1 AND 3 EAST STREET. 3 houses or shops with accommodation; now one shop. No.25 Market Place early C17; Nos 1 & 3 East Street mid C16 and early C17: altered in C20; C20 shop fronts. Timber framed, plastered and colourwashed: front roof of black glazed pantiles, rear of pantiles: No.25 Market Street roof hipped at front. EXTERIOR: market Place front: 2 storeys and dormer attic. Early C20 plate-glass shop front returned along East Street: 3-light window on first floor: flat-topped dormer has C20 window. East Street return has one 6/6 unhorned sash to first floor. East Street front: 2 storeys, 2-window range. Mid C20 plate-glass shop front with glazing bars: entrance doorway to right. First floor has one 3-light casement to right and C20 4/4 unhorned sash to left, replacing mullioned C17 window. Roof has late C20 roof-light to right. In centre, gable-head of C16 range rises over roof line. Rear: 2-storey range with C20 modifications to exterior. INTERIOR: generally opened out into contiguous retail showroom in C20. Market Place range with jowled principal studs to timber frame; bridging beams with sunk-quadrant mouldings. East Street range with a mid C16 wave and hollow moulded bridging beam to ground floor. Jowled principal studs of heavy scantling; chamfered bridging beams and wall plates. Rear wing: bridging beams and joists with sunk-quadrant mouldings. (Jenkins AB: A Hundred Years of Southwold in Photographs: Southwold: 1983-: 23).

Listing NGR: TM5084176128