East End Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. A Medieval Farmhouse.

East End Manor

WRENN ID
scarred-crypt-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1955
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

East End Manor is a former farmhouse dating from the mid-15th century. It features a three-cell open-hall design, with both end cells remodeled in the late 16th or early 17th century to create non-projecting cross-wings. The building has two storeys, with the end cells containing attics. It is constructed of timber framing and plaster, with the upper floor of the parlour wing jettied on brackets. There are areas of 18th-century cable-pattern pargetting and fragments of earlier, possibly 17th-century pargetting that includes rusticated quoining and a frieze of linked lozenges. The roofs are covered with concrete plain tiles.

The manor has two axial chimneys made of red brick; one chimney dates from around 1600 and features a sunk date panel at the front along with a rebuilt sawtooth shaft. There are various 19th and 20th-century small-pane casements. The original 15th-century windows in the open hall have been revealed at the upper level, with glazing set between square mullions. The entrance door, framed and boarded, has an arched head and dates from the 20th century.

Inside, the large two-bay open hall is now open from the first floor upwards. The open truss includes a cambered tie-beam with braces that form a full four-centred arch, along with an octagonal crown post featuring a moulded capital and four-way plank braces. The close-studding does not show visible wind-bracing. There is a parlour doorway with an ogee-arched head, and evidence suggests there were similar twin service doorways. The service cell has an unusual feature of an additional bay beyond the typical twin rooms, similar to Ubbeston Hall.

The remodeling around 1600 introduced a large open fireplace in the hall, which backs onto another fireplace in the parlour that is now blocked. This work also included the addition of an upper floor with heavy chamfered beams in the hall, a plank-and-muntin screen (of which only a small part remains) at the cross-entry, and a single-bay extension to the service cell. There is also some 17th or 18th-century plaster ornamentation in one chamber, including a plaster date of 1735.

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