Description

NEEDHAM MARKET HIGH STREET (WEST)
TM 0855

3/100 Nos.133 and 135
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- II

Two houses, built as one in early C16 and remodelled 1870 (date on tablet).
Timber-framed; encased at front in 1870 in red brick with gault brick
dressings, broad flat pilasters at centre and ends and cornice at eaves of red
and gault brick. The facade of No.133 is painted. Rear walls plastered.
Plaintiled roofs with central and rear chimneys of red and gault brick. 2
storeys, 2 windows to each house. C19 windows with heavy moulded lintels of
cornice form; No.135 has C19 large-pane sashes and No.133 has late C20
casements. No.135 has a C19 entrance door with 4 panels, No.133 has a C20
flush door. No.135 was until C19 in the form of a cross-wing; this has a
little exposed studwork of good quality and a moulded binding joist. Both
ranges have original plain crownpost roofs, the posts square with 2-way plank
bracing. There appears formerly to have been a further cell to left.

Listing NGR: TM0870255252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545396

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)