Clare houses [19]

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Clare houses [19]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Sep 2020

Callis House, number 27 Callis Street, is early 19th century in gault brick. The centre window on the first floor has pilasters and an open pediment. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031731 The market town of Clare is Suffolk’s smallest town. It lies on the north bank of the River Stour some 12 miles south of Bury St Edmunds and some 7 miles west of Sudbury. Remains of every period since the Palaeolithic have been found in the area. There is a Norman castle, a 13th century Augustinian Priory and a fine, medieval ‘wool’ church as well as many listed buildings, some of which date to the 16th century or earlier.

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