72, High Street

HAVERHILL

TL6745 HIGH STREET 816-1/5/17 (South West side) 01/10/85 No.72

II

House. Early C17 with mid C17 rear wing: late C19 brick casing and C20 alteration. Timber-framed now encased in red brick; plain tile roofs with brick gable end stack to left, added stack to right gable eccentric to ridge. EXTERIOR: 2-storey 2-window front, with lower 2-storey wing to rear. Central 6-panelled door, central 2 panels glazed, in simple doorcase with hood on scrolled consoles. One 6/6 unhorned sash to left under concrete lintel, one C20 canted bay window to right. Two 3/3 unhorned sashes to first floor. Rear: wing has renewed fenestration and doorways. INTERIOR: front part has exposed timber-frame of thin scantling and chamfered tongue-stopped bridging beams. Brick cellar with redundant C19 external stairs. On first floor of the rear wing, 9 panels of early C17 small-framed panelling and arcaded frieze survive. Two early C18 2-panel doors on HL-hinges.

Listing NGR: TL6741645209