2020

TL9149 : Lavenham houses [100]

taken 4 years ago, near to Lavenham, Suffolk, England

Lavenham houses [100]
Lavenham houses [100]
Box Cottage, number 21 Prentice Street is 15th or 16th century, timber framed and plastered, jettied to the street. The house has been restored with the framing exposed. Listed, grade II, with details at: LinkExternal link
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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Geographical Context: Lowlands Village, Rural settlement Housing, Dwellings Primary Subject: Cottage
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TL9149, 780 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Michael Dibb   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 13 September, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 12 February, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 9173 4944 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:6.6025N 0:47.9091E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 9173 4942
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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