Description

TM 27 SW
8/115

STRADBROKE,
QUEEN STREET
Church House

(Formerly listed under QUEEN'S STREET)

29.7.55

GV II

House. Early-mid C17 with C19 red brick wing to rear. Timber framed and
plastered. Roof slated at front and pantiled at rear. 2 storeys and attic.
Windows mainly C18 mullion and transom casements, without glazing bars. 2
late C19 sash windows to ground floor. Good original central 2-storey porch
with upper floor jettied on 3 sides; mid C20 three-quarter glazed door. To
left of porch a late C19 lean-to greenhouse. Internal stack with small
rebuilt shaft. Small well stair with turned balusters, some parts altered.
Main rooms have ovolo-moulded bridging beams and cornices. Some good first
floor studding with reversed braces. Roof has 2 rows of diminished butt
purlins and evidence for original dormers; the principal rafters have cruck-
like braces, removing the need for tie beams at eaves level. Right hand
ground floor room has early C19 corner cupboard with fluted pilasters and
arched head.

Listing NGR: TM2312573929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635259

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)