Gate House Lloyds Bank

DEBENHAM HIGH STREET (east side) TM 16 SE 6/83 No.7 (Lloyd's Bank) & 9/12/55 No.7A (Gate House) ( formerly listed as Premises immediately SE of Oak House)

GV II

House and bank. An early C16 range fronting the street (the ground floor of which comprises No.7) with C15 carriage entrance adjacent. Later C16 wing to rear. Timber framed, old panelled plasterwork to upper floor. Plaintiled roofs. 2 storeys. No.7 has 2 single-paned tripartite sash windows flanked by pilaster strips; central pilastered doorway with 6-panel door; continuous frieze and cornice. On upper floor, 2 sash windows with glazing bars. Carriage entrance to right is contemporary with No.9 (qv. Item 6/84), but forms part of No.7A. It is supported on an arched-braced embattled beam. Posts each side have carved buttress-shafts with solid brackets supporting the jettied loft above. At the foot of each post is a mortice for a brace which guarded against accidental damage to the structure. Rear wing: 2 diamond- mullioned windows, others exposed inside; internal stack with C19 red brick shaft. Interior. Upper floor of front range has intact framing with sill of oriel window. Remains of original roof: chamfered crown-post over centre with 2-way bracing to collar purlin. Most of rafter trusses altered and butt purlins inserted. This crown-post roof extended over the earlier carriage entrance. 2-cell rear wing: substantially intact frame, butt purlin roof; newel stair; front cell has cross-beamed ceiling, 2 of the compartments with C17 Tudor rose, fleur-de-lys and foliage motifs.

Listing NGR: TM1738163333