Cretingham Lodge

CRETINGHAM MILL LANE TM 26 SW (South side) 1/39 16/3/66 Cretingham Lodge - II

Farmhouse. C17 with substantial late C18/early C19 addition. Timber framed encased in C19 brickwork and colourwashed Flemish bond brick with a plain tile roof with lead flashings. Two storeys with attics, and single storey with attic. Entrance front: symmetrical facade of late C18/early C19 date of 3 bays. Central door of 6 raised and fielded panels. Pilaster strips to the sides with an open pediment surrounding the fanlight. To right and left of this at ground floor level are Venetian windows, the central sashes of 3 x 4 panes with lateral lights of 1 x 4. The arched head to the central sash is divided from it by a fluted transon. To the first floor are lateral tripartite windows with central sashes of 3 x 4 panes and above the front door is a sash of 3 x 4 panes. To the attics are 3 dormer windows each having 3 x 2 panes and a small pedimental gable. The right hand side of the house has 3 bays near-symmetrically disposed. To either side at ground floor level are Venetian windows, similar to those on the entrance front but being C20 replacements of late C19 canted bay windows, the brick relieving arch of the right hand one being still visible at right. Central window of 3 x 4 panes. To the first floor is a central dummy window of 3 x 4 panes with a flat-arched head and to either side are tri-partite windows similar to those on the entrance front. Recessed and at right is a 2-storey outshut. Left hand flank: lean-to glasshouse at ground floor level and blocked windows to ground floor level at right, and a 3-light casement window to left. To the first floor are 4 bays, the right hand 3 being blocked and that at left being of 3 casement lights. Extending service wing at left, which is C16 refaced in C19 brick with random fenestration. Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams to the C16 wing. The late C18/early C19 wing has an open-well staircase of 3 flights with a ramped handrial, stick balusters and a wreathed curtail. Later c19 fireplaces to the rooms

Listing NGR: TM2268862231