Garden House

TM 26 SE FRAMLINGHAM STATION ROAD

4/124 Garden House (formerly listed as Mills House) 25.10.51

GV II*

House. Late C16 and later. 2 storeys; L-shaped form. Timber-framed and plastered, with panels of rope-pattern on the side and ashlar-lining on the front. Plaintiles; plain bargeboards; spike finial to gable. The east-west range is the oldest part of the building, with a 3-cell internal chimney and cross-entry plan: chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft; projecting tie-beam to the east gable with guilloche ornament, supported by small solid brackets; 3 C18 mullion-and-transome windows with leaded panes. The street frontage is a later addition, linked to the older house by an internal chimney-stack with 2 square attached white brick shafts. 4 winnows: old 2- light and 3-light casements to the upper storey; small-paned sashes in flush frames to the ground storey; a 6-panelled door with 4 panels glazed. This was the house of Thomas Mills (d.1703), and he and his 'faithful servant' William Mayhew are buried in the mausoleum in the front garden. (cf. Item 4/125 following).

Listing NGR: TM2836363249