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Stour

A Grade II Listed Building in East Bergholt, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9705 / 51°58'13"N

Longitude: 1.0113 / 1°0'40"E

OS Eastings: 606945

OS Northings: 234509

OS Grid: TM069345

Mapcode National: GBR SMB.JHK

Mapcode Global: VHKFN.HQ0S

Plus Code: 9F33X2C6+6G

Entry Name: Stour

Listing Date: 17 September 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1194193

English Heritage Legacy ID: 278789

ID on this website: 101194193

Location: East Bergholt, Babergh, Suffolk, CO7

County: Suffolk

District: Babergh

Civil Parish: East Bergholt

Built-Up Area: East Bergholt

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: East Bergholt St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


TM 0634 EAST BERGHOLT THE STREET
(West Side)

6/81 Stour

17.9.86

GV II

Large house. C13 with C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Red brick in Flemish
bond. Slate roof. Three storeys, the upper floor possibly being an addition.
Garden front: full-height 3-window canted bays flank 3-bay centre. Central Ionic
doorcase with entablature contains glazed door. Further glazed doors to canted
bays flanked by 15-pane sashes. Otherwise 12-pane sashes in reveals with sills
under cambered gauged brick arches. Moulded second floor band. Cornice. Hipped
roof. Road front: 7 bays, later range adjoins at right. Central square projecting
Doric porch with double leaf doors, of probable C20 date. Sashes with glazing bars
under cambered gauged brick arches. Interior: dining room retains wall panelling,
eared bolection-moulded fireplace, 6-panel doors and panelled shutters. Central
staircase hall, originally 2 rooms, retains some wall panelling. Somewhat
remodelled, cut-string staircase with 3 barleysugar-on-vase balusters per tread,
fluted Corinthian newels, ramped handrail and carved tread-ends. Panelled dado
follows line of stair. Drawing room to south, originally 2 rooms has some wall
panelling and carved pine eared fireplaces. To first floor, one fully-panelled
room with 2-panel doors with L-hinges and several other rooms with original cornices.
known originally as West Lodge, this house was renamed Stour by Randolph Churchill,
who lived here 1954 to his death in 1968. The house may be seen in East Bergholt
Fair of 1811 by John Constable.


Listing NGR: TM0694534509

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