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The Wurlie

A Grade II* Listed Building in Badwell Ash, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2846 / 52°17'4"N

Longitude: 0.9173 / 0°55'2"E

OS Eastings: 599085

OS Northings: 269175

OS Grid: TL990691

Mapcode National: GBR SHB.QQT

Mapcode Global: VHKD1.VTBZ

Plus Code: 9F427WM8+VW

Entry Name: The Wurlie

Listing Date: 15 November 1954

Last Amended: 15 July 1988

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1181813

English Heritage Legacy ID: 281755

ID on this website: 101181813

Location: Badwell Ash, Mid Suffolk, IP31

County: Suffolk

District: Mid Suffolk

Civil Parish: Badwell Ash

Built-Up Area: Badwell Ash

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Badwell Ash St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


TL 96 NE
4/10
15/11/54

BADWELL ASH
THE STREET (NORTH SIDE)

Nos. 1,2 & 3 The Wurlie
(formely listed as The
Wurlie, tile Street)

GV
II*

House, now divided into 3. C15, C16 and C17. Timber-framed and rendered; old
plaintiles. Complex form, in at least 4 separate builds: a central range,
aligned north-south and at right-angles to the street, flanked by 2 cross-
wings of differing dates. 2 storeys; attics to one cross-wing. No.1, on the
street frontage, has 2-light and 3-light small-paned C20 standard windows and
a recessed porch with ornate C20 plank door. To left of entry, 1½ bays formed
a late medieval open hall: housings for 5-light diamond-mullioned hall windows
in both side walls. The middle rails of the frame formed transomes to these
windows and have long rebates for shutters. The main posts of the open truss
have carved capitals and the remains of shafts; heavy arched braces, meeting
in the centre, below a cambered tie-beam; plain square crown-post, braced 4
ways at the head. Little or no smoke-blackening on the roof-timbers. The
gable end on the west has arched braces to the tie-beam, but no original
studding, indicating that the building went further westwards. Fine inserted
hall ceiling: double roll-moulding to cross-beams, single roll to joists.
Adjoining the hall on the right, a 2-bay extension of the later C17: joists on
edge; original upper ceilings; principal rafters; considerable replacement of
timbers during restoration of 1960's. No.2, the central range, has 2-light
C20 standard windows, but also one 4-light window with moulded mullions on the
south side and 2 5-light older windows on the north, with diamond mullions on
the upper floor, and on the ground floor with reinstated moulded mullions. 2
C20 plank doors, one ornate. An internal chimney-stack with a plain rebuilt
red brick shaft. 3-cell plan. The 2-bay ground-floor hall has a main beam
with double roll-moulding and a single roll to joists; very large open
fireplace with Tudor brick surround and plain cambered lintel. 2 service
doorways in the partition wall with shallow, almost segmental, arched heads.
Plain queen-post roof.' 'No.3 the north cross-wing, has small-paned standard
casement windows throughout; one gabled dormer; a small lean-to porch
addition; and an internal chimney-stack with a plain rebuilt red brick shaft.
Front section with good close-studding and remains of original windows with
shutter-slides on the side walls, one probably an oriel. Main beam to ground
floor ceiling with a cavetto mould between 2 roll mouldings; joists with a
single roll. Upper fireplace with a depressed brick arch. It seems likely
that a smoke-bay preceded the stack. This part of the wing, which is
contemporary with the middle range, was probably built as a detached unit
house; it is now joined to the rest of the building by a C17 link. Both
halves of this wing had original upper ceilings; roof with clasped side
purlins.

Listing NGR: TL9908569175

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