Building record 607/2/16 - C17th Timber Framed House Rebuilt & Attached to North Side of Manor House in 1903

House. C17, from Cow Street, Ipswich, re-erected in 1903 under the supervision of Sir Edwin Lutyens.

{1} House. C17, from Cow Street, Ipswich, re-erected in 1903 under the supervision of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Timber framed with close studding and some diagonal braces; tile roof, brick stacks. L-plan. Re-erected on sloping ground with the addition of a stone basement to the north side and two right bays. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic. 4 bays with oversailing upper floor. Central doorway with moulded wood frame with 4-centred arch, the spandrels carved with foliage. Rectangular panel above carved with draperies and foliage. Two wood mullioned and transomed windows with moulded wood frames to left, each is of two lights but with 4 small arched lights above the transom. 2 mullioned and transomed bay windows to right, with similar small arched lights in the head. 3-light first floor windows with moulded wood mullions and transoms in the left bay and second bay from right. Other first floor windows are similar, of 2 lights. Pilaster and bracket on right angle carved with band tracery and quatrefoils. Wing projecting to right at rear, C17, similar materials. 2 storeys and basement. 2 bays. Interior: Several corbelled stone fireplaces of varied designs. 1st floor hall with hammerbeam roof and traceried spandrels, considerably renewed. Ground-floor, principal room (garden side) with framed ceiling, a Renaissance medallion panelled cornice, and large fireplace with terns, and heraldic device to overmantel panel flanked by caryatids. The house was exhibited as an example of half timber construction. It was purchased by Lord Wimbourne and re-erected at Ashby St. Ledgers under protest from Lutyens. (C. Hussey, Ashby St. Ledgers Manor House, Country Life, July 1951).

{3} An excellent example of a timber-built Tudor house. The whole structure was most carefully removed from Ipswich to the Exhibition grounds and re-erected there.

{4} Photo of the building when still in Ipswich, in use as shops.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/8 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> 1908, Guide to the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition, (checked) (Extract). SNN107373.

<4> Photograph of Timber-framed House in Ipswich, (checked) (Photographic prints (B&W)). SNN107374.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Ashby St Ledgers (Photographs). SNN111860.

<6> Addison, C., c.1990, Ashby St. Ledgers, (checked) (Photographs). SNN109020.

<7> Addison, C., 1990s, Ashby St. Ledgers, (checked) (Negatives). SNN109021.

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May 4 2022 1:00PM