Clare houses [28]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Sep 2020

Numbers 30 to 34 Bridewell Street occupy one large house. There is a 15th century timber framed and plastered house facing the street which became three cottages (numbers 32, 33 and 34) and is now one house which has been renovated - number 33. There is a 16th century crosswing, timber framed and plastered, jettied to the street with exposed framing in which are numbers 30 and 31. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1194265 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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