Earl Soham Lodge

TM 26 SW EARL SOHAM

8/28 Earl Soham 25.10.51 Lodge

GV II*

Former manor house. C16 to left hand side and probably to rear; front range added 1789; early C20 rear wing. Earlier parts timber framed, mainly brick cased but plastered to rear; front range of red brick; plaintiled roofs. 2 storeys and attic. 5 window range, 2:1:2, sashes with glazing bars in flush frames, flat brick arches, 2 later French windows to right hand side; central doorway with inset 6-panel door, the upper 4 panels glazed, rectangular fanlight with glazing bars, panelled reveals, sunk pilasters, enriched frieze and pedimented dentil cornice supported by scrolled console brackets; 3 gabled dormers with leaded windows, wooden modillion eaves cornice. Left hand wing cased in matching red brick; the gable end has a good stack with 3 detached octagonal flues with moulded bases and caps. The rear range has several C18 mullion and transom windows with square and diamond leaded panes. The main ground floor room of the left hand wing has roll-moulded main beams and cornice, some roll-moulded joists and some C16 panelling; original attic stairs. Later part has a well staircase with carved ends to the treads. Moated site.

Listing NGR: TM2321063471