Description

TM 03 SE EAST BERGHOLT FLATFORD

3/7 Bridge Cottage

22.2.55

GV II*

Cottage, now National Trust information centre and shop. Probably late C16 with
later alterations. Timber-framed, rendered. Red brick stack. Thatched roof.
One storey and attic. 3½-bay frame with lower addition to right. To left a board
door and bow window. Central fire window. Further board door and casement to
right. Gabled half dormer to right with casement window forms a post C18 addition.
Central stack. Lower extension to right under hipped roof. Rear: board door and
2-light window with horizontal glazing bars and further board door to right with
2-light casement adjoining. 2 gabled half dormers with casement windows. Interior:
chamfered spine beam and cross beams with run-out stops. Jowled posts, wall plates
with some arch braces and wall studding exposed. Collar rafter roof, clasped
purlins to part. II* grading reflects the importance of the cottage as part of
the Flatford Mill group and its significance in the work of John Constable.
Undergoing restoration at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: TM0758233336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bridge Cottage at Wikipedia
• Bridge Cottage official website
• Wikidata Q4966212

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair