Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1988. House.
Chapel House
- WRENN ID
- small-doorway-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22 March 2017.
TM 27 SW, 5/45
HORHAM, CHAPEL LANE, Chapel House
II
House, probably once a farmhouse. Early C17. Single-storey flat-roofed wing to east added c.1972 for the composer Benjamin Britten, and his partner Peter Pears, who owned the house for many years prior to his death in 1976. Timber framed, encased in colourwashed brick. Pantiled roof. 2 storeys and attic. 2-cell, lobby entry type with a central stack. South front has 2 windows, standard small-paned casements under segmental arches. Small C20 lean-to porch with side door; within the porch is a half-glazed 4-panel door. The main entrance is now to the north. The frame is partly exposed internally, with reverse-curved braces and original window openings. Both ground-floor rooms have bridging beams with nicked stop-chamfers, the joists concealed. Newel stairs, the attic flight original. The roof has a single row of clasped purlins and cranked wind braces.
Listing NGR: TM2214671478
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