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East Bergholt, Gaston End c1955 (ref. E247027) | The elderly men discussing their roses over the garden fence at Heatherstone would find it
difficult to recognise this view today. The house on the left has been replaced, while the one
straight ahead is now tiled and hidden by trees. A small length of the iron fencing remains
outside Heatherstone, and the gate piers opposite at Tufnells are still there. A footpath behind
the men now leads to a housing estate.
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Botesdale, the Village c1960 (ref. B619006) | On the left, in Rickinghall
Inferior, is the bow window
of Edmund Kerry's hardware
and newsagent's shop. The
next house beside The Bell
Hotel has been demolished.
Set back before the gable of
Southgate Farmhouse is the
wheelwright's shop of Eric
Burroughes in the former
Congregational chapel. The
large building across the
market place was Chilver's
from 1945 to 1989 - the
name is retained. The war
memorial is in the centre of
the market place.
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Metfield, the Village Street c1960 (ref. M269013) | The group of cottages
on the right, now
called Honeymoon
Row, have had many
subsequent changes
made to the roofline
and dormer windows.
Beyond the cycle
outside Savage's shop
(left) is Rose Cottage of
1904, with white busts
on either side of the
door. At the end is Post
Office Corner.
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Metfield, the Green c1955 (ref. M269001) | The former Huntsman
and Hounds public
house is now mostly
hidden by trees. The
cluster of adjacent
buildings, the largest
of which is the
former Guildhall,
are still there, and
so is the pump (just
visible, centre left).
The railings (left)
are in front of Street
Farmhouse of c1600;
next is The Firs, dated
1908, then Savage's
shop, and in the
distance the sign of
The Duke William.
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Metfield, The Duke William c1960 (ref. M269019) | Metfield once had three pubs, The Red Lion, The Huntsman and Hounds and The Duke William, of which only this one
survives. The present building dates from the 1950s; it replaced an earlier beer shop with one room and a serving place. This
was run by Lib Riches and Charley Borley, who became the first tenants here. Since 1960 the porch has gone, and the room
to the left has been extended to twice its length.
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Rickinghall, the Church c1965 (ref. R327003) | The 14th-century tower
had battlements added a
century later. The nave was
rebuilt at the same time
- it is 30 feet wide. There is
a blocked arch under the
window, where a chapel
has been demolished. The
porch has an unusual extra
buttress which here masks
some of the decoration
over the door. The church
was restored and re-roofed
in 1962, but it became
redundant in 1977.
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Rickinghall, the Village c1965 (ref. R327008) | Rickinghall Inferior is to the left of the road, with Superior to the right. The open land with the horse chestnut trees has
become a housing development, although Jubilee House was built by Daniel Goddard and Sons in c1935. On the right is the
butcher's shop. In the distance, above the car, is the high-class draper's and grocer's shop of Aldrich and Bryant.
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Rickinghall, St Mary's Church c1965 (ref. R327005) | The Norman round tower has a 15th-century octagonal top with battlements. Recent repairs have shown that there is an
earlier tower beneath the outer skin of flints. The 14th-century porch was later heightened to form an upper room, hence
the small low windows. The tall monument is to Lt Richard Maul (d1874). The author's in-laws, Dorothy and Harry Goddard,
are buried east of the chancel. Church Farmhouse is in the distance.
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Alderton, the Church c1955 (ref. A342003) | The original timber building,
dating from c1580, has two
gables; the brick extension
to the right is 19th-century.
The (now) central gable has
a delicate oriel over a wider
bay window on the ground
floor. The Red Lion's ship
figurehead is often wrongly
said to have come from a
Dutch ship which fought
at the battle of Sole Bay in
1672, but it actually dates
from c1740. In 1896 Herbert
Fletch was the landlord and
local builder.
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Alderton, The Swan Inn c1965 (ref. A342015) | The antiquarian David Davy, who stayed here in 1830, recorded that 'finding we could be very decently taken care of here,
we engaged beds, ordered a fire while our hostess was preparing us a mutton chop'. The pub was threatened with closure in
1995, but it was saved following a successful campaign to 'Save our Swan'. The car is an Austin A40.
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Assington, the Church 1907 (ref. 58916) | This stands close to the site of Assington Hall, which burnt down in 1957. Parts of the outbuildings
survived, including the range to the left of the church. The interior is lined with monuments to the
Gurdon family dating from the 16th to 20th centuries. Since 1907 the porch windows have been
blocked. The chest tomb of c1800 is for three members of the Klopfer family of Boxford and Ipswich.
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Barsham, the Church 1894 (ref. 33351) | The tower is probably Saxon,
and was added to an existing
nave. The east wall has
diaper patterns in stonework,
which continue across the
window. This is possibly
based on the arms of the
Echingham family, patrons
of the church between 1424
and 1527. The grandfather of
Horatio Nelson was parson
here from 1714 to 1730. His
mother, Caroline Suckling,
was born at the rectory to the
left of the church.
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Barton Mills, the Bull Inn c1965 (ref. B30005) | This was a coaching inn on the London to Norwich turnpike, now the A11, since at least the mid 18th-century. The gabled
red brick front dates from c1680. The side range of white brick was added in the 1920s. Two of the windows have become
doors, while the grass to the left has become a car park.
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Bawdsey, the Manor 1899 (ref. 43242) | Standing at the
mouth of the River
Deben, this opulent
mansion was built by
Sir Cuthbert Quilter
in five stages between
1886 and 1904. This
accounts for the
impression that two
different houses have
been joined together.
On the terrace is the
newly built teahouse,
with a copper dome.
The arch at the bottom
of the terrace is a
sheltered seating area.
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Beyton, Jeavons Nurseries c1955 (ref. B877006) | This nursery was established in 1950. In the centre Vera, wife of Reg Jeavons the owner, is helping
to pick larkspur. The house, built in 1950 and called Brooklands, remains, now surrounded by a
housing development called The Garden, Field House Close and Fallowfield. The nursery business
has moved, but continues to be run by Reg's nephew Ray Turner.
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Bildeston, the Village c1965 (ref. B766019) | On the right the large bay
windows of the clock and
electrical shops have been
entirely removed. The fish and
chip shop beyond, where it
seems customers are heading,
is now a hairdressers'. On the
right are a series of former
shop fronts in both brick and
timbered buildings. In the
distance is Eade's newsagent's
shop and the exposed timbers
of The Crown.
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Bildeston, Chapel Street c1965 (ref. B766025A) | The weavers' cottages (right) are reminiscent of Kersey and Lavenham. They were restored in about
1960, when seven dwellings were reduced to three. The steps of the redundant doorways were
removed, but the wonderfully precarious bay window was fortunately retained. On the left is the
front wall and schoolmaster's house of the Elementary School of 1853 and 1896. The grassy banks
remain, but they have been straightened and tamed.
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Bildeston, Aerial View c1965 (ref. B766017) | This view shows the
clock tower in the
rectangular market
place. Chapel Street
and Duke Street
run down towards
Bildeston Hall (right).
The burial ground of
the Baptist chapel,
rebuilt in 1844, is
opposite the Hall.
To the centre left is
Squirrell's seed and
corn merchants,
now a housing
development. In the
distance is Wattisham
Road, with 1930s
Local Authority
housing and the
larger Brookfields
Estate, begun in 1948.
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Bildeston, Market Square c1965 (ref. B766026) | The clock tower was
built of red and white
brick in 1864. It was
renovated in 1987,
and has seating on the
ground floor. Chandler's
ironmonger's shop to
the left has closed. The
lean-to building has been
removed to expose the
overhanging jetty of the
house. The growth has
now been cleared off the
gabled White Lodge.
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Boxford, Stone Street c1955 (ref. B620012) | This hamlet is to the south
of Boxford and separated
from it since 1975 by the
bypass. This community is
a Kersey in miniature, with
a tiny stream, and timber-
framed, plastered, jettied and
gabled houses with roof lines
at all angles. It even had its
own pub, The Compasses,
until 1989. The shop on the
right, Henry Grimwood's,
closed in 1983. All the houses
have been restored and the
barns converted. The house
to the left had pargetting
decoration added in 1969.
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