Description

SAXMUNDHAM

TM3863 HIGH STREET
841-1/3/22 (East side)
06/09/74 Ashford House
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
(East side)
Premises occupied by I and J
Ashford, Furnishers)

GV II

House, later shop, now offices. Late C16 in origins but
altered C17 and remodelled early C19; C20 shop fronts and
further alterations 1983-85. Rendered and colourwashed brick
and some timber-frame: plain tile roof, hipped at left end,
with ridge stack.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 4-window front. Recessed doorway to right
of centre with panelled reveals, in plate-glass display
windows. On first floor, four recessed sashes with 8/8 glazing
bars and elongated horns. Central plaque reads 'Estabd 1833
(Messrs.Flick)'. Plain parapet over moulded eaves cornice. On
ground floor, right end window was probably formerly a
carriageway to rear. Rear: 2 gables, that to right replacing
wall stack during restorations of 1980s.
INTERIOR: ground floor altered to form offices. First-floor
principal room to front with exposed timber framing and
bridging beams and joists with chamfers and barred tongue
stops. Room to right with some early C17 small-framed
panelling below a pargetted frieze of fleur-de-lys motifs.
Left end room retains jamb of doorway at head of a former
staircase decorated with C16 wave and roll mouldings. Roof
altered but two tiers of butt purlins indicate reconstruction
c1680.

Listing NGR: TM3869263166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647620

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]