Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House.

Church Cottage

WRENN ID: gilded-mantel-stoat
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: West Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 14 December 1983
Type: House
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TL 97 NW FAKENHAM MAGNA THETFORD ROAD (WEST SIDE)

2/71 Church Cottage -

GV II

House. Early C17. 1½ storeys: 2-cell plan. Timber-framed and plastered with black glazed pantiled roof. Internal chimney-stack with saw-tooth chimney. Late C19 casement windows with horizontal bars. 2 gabled dormers. Single-storey C19 extension on north in brick and flint, with glazed pantiled roof. The mother of Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), the rural poet who wrote 'The Farmer's Boy' and other poems, was born in this house.

Listing NGR: TL9101576556

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