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Latitude: 52.1998 / 52°11'59"N
Longitude: 0.714 / 0°42'50"E
OS Eastings: 585572
OS Northings: 259196
OS Grid: TL855591
Mapcode National: GBR QFL.1B6
Mapcode Global: VHKDB.BZB1
Plus Code: 9F425PX7+WJ
Entry Name: Church House
Listing Date: 14 July 1955
Last Amended: 27 January 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1229467
English Heritage Legacy ID: 403993
ID on this website: 101229467
Location: Hawstead, West Suffolk, IP29
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Civil Parish: Hawstead
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Hawstead All Saints
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
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TL 85 NE HAWSTEAD CHURCH ROAD
5/51 Church House
(Formerly listed as Church
14.7.55 Farm Cottages)
II
House, formerly the Guildhall of St. James; late C15. Formerly-open hall with
service cell. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and rendered. Glazed pantiled roof,
hipped at right-hand end; gable and rear chimneys of red brick. C19 and C20
casements; an originally-unglazed diamond-mullioned window at 1st floor. 4-
panelled C19 entrance door with architrave. A 3-bay open hall; crown-post
roof, the open trusses having arch-braced tie-beams and octagonal crown-posts
simply moulded, with originally 2-way arch-bracing. A pair of arch-headed
doorways lead from the cross-passage into the service rooms, one of which was
unlit and probably used for storage, also acting as a lobby into the kitchen
beyond to left. The kitchen fireplace, rebuilt C17 and later, occupied the
gable end wall to left. Good close-studded framing throughout, well-exposed
internally. A screen inserted into the crosspassage C16 (now missing), with
gallery above and access formed from service end. Full 1st floor structure
inserted into hall C17. Converted to workhouse C18. Restored to house from
cottages c.1970. A feoffment dated 1478 refers to this site as "newly built
upon". Suffolk Record Office, Bury St. Edmunds, ref. 2680/7/3.
Listing NGR: TL8557259196
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