4 And 6, Bridge Street

NEEDHAM MARKET BRIDGE STREET TM 0855

3/51 Nos. 4 and 6.

9.12.55 II

Two houses. Built early C16 as a 2-cell house, with integral shop beyond cross-passage. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and plastered; the upper floor is long-wall jettied towards the street. Exposed joist-ends on knees; the timber-framing is exposed from lst floor upwards with close-studwork and long tension braces. Plaintiled roof with end chimneys of red brick. Early C19 small-pane sashes; that to No.6 has panelled external shutters. Boarded C19 entrance doors. The arched head of the original entrance doorway is exposed internally. The upper storey was originally undivided, with arched-braced tie-beams and square crown-posts with 2-way plank braces; it may therefore have been a workshop. A large chimney stack with single open fireplace within a narrower bay at the end of the hall. A C17 2-storey wing to rear. No.4 was restored 1985.

Listing NGR: TM0882255149