Estate Cottages Numbers 7 And 8

HELMINGHAM - TM15NE 4/10006 Estate Cottages, nos 7 and 8

GV II

Pair of estate cottages, c1840, perhaps to the designs of Anthony Salvin who was active at Helmingham Hall (qv) in c1841. Brick in Flemish bond with moulded brick stack to party wall. Pantile roofs with ornamental vergeboards to facing gable and half dormer, and slightly swept eaves. Two storeys with outshut to rear; left unit with slightly projecting facing gable, that to right with half dormer; four-centred, arched entrance to outer ranges with door of an original design. Picturesque style combining vernacular forms with those of the 'cottage orne' tradition. Cottages 3-8, 15-20, the Estate Yard, the Old Post Office near the cross roads to the north, and the Old Forge form a group.

Listing NGR: TM1878456920