Description

NEEDHAM MARKET HIGH STREET (WEST)
TM 0855
No.75 and part of No.77
3/83
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- II

Estate Agent's office and part of shop with dwelling above. Early or mid C16
with C19 alterations. Timber-framed and roughcast. Plaintiled roof with axial
and rear chimneys of red brick. 2 storeys, 3 windows. A pair of C20 shop
windows flanking a half-glazed panelled doorway to No.75. The right-hand bay
is in the occupancy of No.77 High Street although structurally part of No.75.
Good unmoulded C16 timber-framing exposed internally, giving evidence for a
long-wall jetty towards the street. Arch-braced trusses with crownpost roof,
the posts square with 2-way bracing. As with a number of C16 houses in
Needham Market, there is an unbraced tie-beam spanning the chamber above the
hall, at abouts its mid-point. Evidence for mullioned and shuttered windows.
A rear wing to right was added in C17 and much extended in C18/C19 (now part
of No.77).

Listing NGR: TM0882455030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552485

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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