12, Kingsway

No. 12 Kingsway is a house located in Mildenhall, dating from the early to mid-17th century and built in two phases, with the first phase likely completed in 1631. The building has been substantially rebuilt in the mid-19th century. Originally timber framed, it now features a facing of random knapped flint with a clunch core and gault brick dressings. The left gable end retains its original clunch. The roof is covered with clay pantiles and the house has two storeys with a three-cell layout.

There is an internal stack with a heavy square shaft made of narrow brick and a smaller stack at the left end. The façade includes three 19th-century two-light casement windows with horizontal glazing bars and segmental arches. To the right, there is a ground floor sash window with four panes by four panes, paired panelled shutters, and an oblong name board above it. The building has two doorways, each with a 19th-century four-panel door. Additionally, there are two cellar lights at pavement level with timber hatches.

Inside, the first floor structure from the 17th century remains intact. The hall and service cells feature axial chamfered floorbeams, with the joists set flat. The parlour has an ovolo moulded main beam and square joists, with original floorboarding above. Beneath the hall is a well-preserved original brick vaulted cellar and a stair with brick treads. There is another 17th-century cellar under the parlour, which originally had a fireplace that is now blocked. The hall fireplace has a shortened ovolo moulded lintel with several scratched circles and the date 1631 associated with it. A small part of the stuccoed brick arch of the parlour fireplace is also visible.

The chamber above the hall features a well-preserved 17th-century fireplace, with a lintel carved with a band of incised decoration and elaborate stop-chamfers. The brickwork shows substantial remains of pink paint and white lined jointing, along with an original brick hearth with a timber curb. On the plastered side wall of the stack at the first floor, there is a 17th-century design in red paint, depicting stud-like vertical stripes with four-petalled flowers between and a horizontal zig-zag band below. Much of the original stair remains intact behind the stack, along with several notable 17th and 18th-century doors, one dated 1755 and another 1774, as well as an original cupboard under the stair with a door featuring butterfly hinges.