Description

TL 8645
21/548

Long Melford
Little St Mary's (East Side)
Old Forge Cottage

23.3.61

GV
II
The cross wing of a medieval timber-framed and plastered hall house with
a small part of the hall block surviving on the south end. Altered in
the C16-C17. 2 storeys. The former cross wing is jettied on the front,
on curved brackets. The exposed timber-framing on the north side is of
C14 type and may have been part of an earlier building. 2 window range,
C20 casements with glazing bars on the upper storey and leaded lights
on the ground storey. There is a central doorway. Roof thatched. The
small part of the earlier hall block is tiled and the studding is exposed
on the upper storey.

Listing NGR: TL8626445127

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26285119

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas