Lavenham buildings [12]

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Lavenham buildings [12]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 13 Sep 2020

The building housing numbers 12 and 14 Water Street has an 18th century plastered front on an earlier timber framed building. There is a small single storey extension on the right and there are two large, modern shop windows. Until recently the building housed an antique dealership. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1037166 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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