3 Church Walk and attached walls to north, east and south, including garage

This is a private house with an attached garage, built between 1963 and 1964 by H T and Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown for their own use. The house is constructed of warm pinkish sand-lime brick with a single-storey, flat grassed roof punctuated by tall rooflights. The design is largely open plan, featuring a large, semi-sunken living room and two bedrooms. These are divided by a central core housing a kitchen, utility room, and bathroom.

The main entrance is accessed through a paved court situated behind the garage, located between a boundary wall and a projecting bedroom wing with a square bay window framed with timber. The front of the house follows a cross passage layout. To the left is a diagonally projecting bay with double and single-two pane timber-framed glass doors, and to the right a projecting glazed bay. Connecting walls incorporate openings intended to provide views of the house and of Aldeburgh church in the distance, and include built-in seating.

The interior features black quarry tile floors in circulation areas. To the left of the entrance, full-height double doors lead to a dining area, with two steps down to a sitting space with a cork tile floor. A raised tiled ledge and upstand continues around this upper level. The sitting space contains a freestanding stove with a concrete pipe. The detailing is deliberately minimal, featuring full-height doors on nylon hinges, without surrounds, cornices, or other mouldings.

The site was previously a bowling green in the 18th century, situated on a level plain above the town. Originally purchased in 1957 with the intention of building an opera house for Benjamin Britten, the project did not proceed. The Cadbury-Browns then gained first option on the land. The resulting house is considered a notable design, demonstrating exemplary detailing by both architects. The shifts in level and the arrangement of cross passages and rooflights create a sense of complexity despite the rational design. The property is included on the list as an example of a courtyard house with fine detailing, a well-considered layout, and a good example of an architect's own home.