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TM1645 HENLEY ROAD 642-0/7/10026 (West side) No.77 Highfield Lodge

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House. 1870. By JR Cattermole. For Noah Hunt. Builder S Turner. Red brick; machine tile roof. 2 storeys and attics. Plan is of 2 parallel gabled ranges running north-south, linked at the south end by a gabled range running east-west. Facade to east. Wide gable-end to left containing doorway set within a moulded 4-centred recessed arch. Two 1/1 horned sashes right of this and a 1/1 horned sash to first floor under a hipped roof. One small 1/1 horned sash in gable head. To right of gable is a canted bay with glazed double doors. 2 first-floor sashes above, without glazing bars. Gabled roofs. 3 serrated stacks irregularly disposed. West front has a collection of 1/1 horned sashes, a 2-storey canted bay window to left under a gable rebuilt after collapse in 1987, and a bay window to the right at ground floor. 2 gabled dormers, one small and one large, the latter on decorative brick corbelling running down through the eaves. South front also with a 2-storey canted bay window to left, and a contemporary greenhouse to right. Greenhouse is of timber and plate glass. INTERIOR: Gothick in inspiration. Wide 4-centred arch over staircase. Stairs are open-string, with square chamfered balusters and moulded handrail. Raking dado beneath with arched panelling. Internal doors have 6 moulded panels. Some windows with balanced rising shutters. (Brown C, Haward B, Kindred R: Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 64).

Listing NGR: TM1617345892

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