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The Old Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Drinkstone, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2173 / 52°13'2"N

Longitude: 0.8666 / 0°51'59"E

OS Eastings: 595921

OS Northings: 261552

OS Grid: TL959615

Mapcode National: GBR RGQ.XKT

Mapcode Global: VHKDD.ZJ0K

Plus Code: 9F426V88+WJ

Entry Name: The Old Almshouses

Listing Date: 15 November 1954

Last Amended: 18 April 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1032624

English Heritage Legacy ID: 280784

ID on this website: 101032624

Location: Drinkstone, Mid Suffolk, IP30

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Drinkstone

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Drinkstone All Saints

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Tagged with: Almshouse Thatched building

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Description


DRINKSTONE THE STREET
TL 96 SE
1/31 The Old Almshouses
_ (formerly listed as
Church Close)
15.11.54
GV II
House, formerly almshouses. Built late C16 or early C17, as probably, one
dwelling. 2 storeys. 3-cell plan and in addition a set-forward range to
left. Timber-framed and roughcast. Thatched roofs. An axial chimney of
early C17 red brick, and a large external chimney at the front gable. This is
mainly plastered and was, when built, internal, the range once projecting
further forward. Mid C20 steel small-pane casements. Boarded entrance door,
a large C20 thatched-roofed porch on oak posts and with an arched doorway, all
reused from an old building.


Listing NGR: TL9592161552

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