Description

TM 26 SE FRAMLINGHAM STATION ROAD

4/124 Garden House (formerly
listed as Mills House)
25.10.51

GV II*

House. Late C16 and later. 2 storeys; L-shaped form. Timber-framed and
plastered, with panels of rope-pattern on the side and ashlar-lining on the
front. Plaintiles; plain bargeboards; spike finial to gable. The east-west
range is the oldest part of the building, with a 3-cell internal chimney and
cross-entry plan: chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft; projecting
tie-beam to the east gable with guilloche ornament, supported by small solid
brackets; 3 C18 mullion-and-transome windows with leaded panes. The street
frontage is a later addition, linked to the older house by an internal
chimney-stack with 2 square attached white brick shafts. 4 winnows: old 2-
light and 3-light casements to the upper storey; small-paned sashes in flush
frames to the ground storey; a 6-panelled door with 4 panels glazed. This was
the house of Thomas Mills (d.1703), and he and his 'faithful servant' William
Mayhew are buried in the mausoleum in the front garden. (cf. Item 4/125
following).

Listing NGR: TM2836363249

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546682

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)