Description

WOOLPIT GREEN HILL
TL 9762
5/139 H C Addison & Son
-
15.11.54 (formerly listed as
Premises opposite the Swan
Hotel)
GV II
Shop and dwelling. Early C16. 2 storeys. 3 windows. 3-cell plan,
originally with cross-entry and later converted to lobby entrance. Timber-
framed and plastered; the 1st floor is long-wall jettied towards the street.
Some areas of early plaster. Plaintiled roof. An axial C17/C18 chimney of
red brick. 3-light C19 casements with transomes: a pair of bay shop windows
beneath the jetty, flanking the entrance. C19 6-panelled door, the upper 4
panels glazed. A second entrance door similar but with 4 panels; and a third
with a good late C16 or early C17 moulded plank door. All 3 cells at ground
storey have double-ogee moulded ceiling joists. A cross-entry doorway with 4-
centred arched head, in rear wall. Plain C16 crownpost roof, altered later
with clasped purlins. The right hand cell appears to be a late C16 rebuilding
or extension. To left is a lower single-cell extension of C16 or C17.

Listing NGR: TL9737662434

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26476778

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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