Lavenham houses [41]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 13 Sep 2020
Fir Tree House, Number 81 Church Street has a Georgian red brick front of circa 1750 on a medieval timber framed building. There is a Venetian window on the upper storey with an open pediment and a wood doorcase with Tuscan columns and an open pediment. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1351480 Lavenham is a village in Suffolk about 5 miles north east of Sudbury. The village has Saxon origins but is best known as a medieval wool town. Granted a market charter in 1257, the village prospered in the 15th century and many buildings date to that period. The town grew so fast that many of the houses were built in haste with green timber. As the wood dried, the timbers warped causing the houses to bend at unexpected angles. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long and the cloth industry declined so no one had money to rebuild their homes and Lavenham’s crooked houses were left as they were.
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