20, Double Street

TM 26 SE FRAMLINGHAM DOUBLE STREET (SOUTH EAST SIDE)

4/76 No.20 (formerly listed as 25.10.51 No.18, No.20)

GV II

House, formerly divided into 2. Early C17, with C15 core. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and roughcast, with plaintiled roof and coved cornice. An internal chimney-stack with a large, plain red brick shaft. Three 3-light casement windows, with a single horizontal bar to lights, on the upper storey; 2 mullion-and-transome type 3-light casements to ground storey, and one mid- C19 canted bay shop window on right. 6-panelled fielded door. One ground- storey room has exposed timbering: chamfered main beam and joists, stops with bar, and a plain original lintel to an altered fireplace. On the upper storey, clear evidence that the roof has been raised several feet: the lower wallplate is partly exposed and partly covered by plaster, but appears to be complete. In the rear wall is a long splayed scarfing joint with square under-squinted abutments, and indications of the position of a long hall window. The principal rafters of the C17 roof are partly visible on the upper storey.

Listing NGR: TM2863763450