75, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)

NEEDHAM MARKET HIGH STREET (WEST) TM 0855 No.75 and part of No.77 3/83 -

• II

Estate Agent's office and part of shop with dwelling above. Early or mid C16 with C19 alterations. Timber-framed and roughcast. Plaintiled roof with axial and rear chimneys of red brick. 2 storeys, 3 windows. A pair of C20 shop windows flanking a half-glazed panelled doorway to No.75. The right-hand bay is in the occupancy of No.77 High Street although structurally part of No.75. Good unmoulded C16 timber-framing exposed internally, giving evidence for a long-wall jetty towards the street. Arch-braced trusses with crownpost roof, the posts square with 2-way bracing. As with a number of C16 houses in Needham Market, there is an unbraced tie-beam spanning the chamber above the hall, at abouts its mid-point. Evidence for mullioned and shuttered windows. A rear wing to right was added in C17 and much extended in C18/C19 (now part of No.77).

Listing NGR: TM0882455030