Description

NORTHGATE
1.
828
(East Side)
Staithe House
TM 4290 2/86 16.3.48.

II

2.
16th, 17th and 18th century with some late 19th century additions. 2
storeys and attic. Road front has 3 windows to an earlier part and 2 to a later.
Both red brick. Wood cornice with ogee brackets and bed mould. Main
entrance on north side, front with 1 gable and earlier window openings with
rusticated brick jambs and rusticated brick quoins. Windows have segmental
brick drip moulds, and late 18th century sashes in flush frames, not fitted
exactly to the earlier openings. Rear portion with dated brick 1766.
Central portion is 17th century but there are indications of a 16th century
basis both inside and out. 6-panel entrance door with wood case. Windows
mainly sash with wood frames, and flat arches. Fine oak stair with concave
twist balusters. Good Adam type mantel in panelled room with carved harvest
scene with children carrying sheaves etc. to a seated female figure holding
a sickle. NMR photos.

Listing NGR: TM4220590802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586393

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey