Eye
Note the carvings on the timbers of the 16th century Guildhall.
Eye Guildhall dates from the late 15C and was possibly bequeathed by John Upson “for the good of his soul”. Despite Victorian ‘improvements’ the corner post still has its medieval carved figure of Archangel Gabriel, and two arched window heads also have original carving. Eye also has a few timber framed thatched cottages remaining, typical Suffolk sights.
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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1316621
Date first listed: 15-Jun-1951
Date of most recent amendment: 12-Feb-1998
Statutory Address 1: THE GUILDHALL, CHURCH STREET
National Grid Reference: TM 14865 73817
Details
EYE
TM1473 CHURCH STREET 585-1/7/78 (East side) 15/06/51 The Guildhall (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (North side) Guildhall of St Mary or Upson's Guildhall)
GV I
Guildhall of St Mary, now offices and shop. Late C15, probably for John Upson. Rebuilt 1875 by JK Colling as headmaster's house for adjoining Eye Grammar school until 1965, now offices and shop. Timber-framed; machine tile roofs. Nearly rectangular plan with a short west extension. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. West gable-end faces street. Exposed close studding throughout. First floor jettied to south and west. South flank with 5 two- and 3-light casements to ground floor and 4 to first floor, 3 of which are elaborated into oriels on heavily carved aprons. Gabled roof with clustered decorative ridge stack and internal gable-end stack to east. West gable with 4-light ground-floor casement, oriel window above fitted with single-light leaded casements on a richly carved apron and with a hipped plaintile roof. 3-light attic casement. Brattished jetty bressumer and attic wall plate. South-west corner post has weathered C15 carved figure of Archangel Gabriel, and south flank retains two 4-centred window heads with carved spandrels. All other timber of 1875. INTERIOR: heavy hollow-moulded tie beams on arched braces, also hollow-moulded. Plan is of 1875. (Paine C: The History of Eye: Diss: 1993-: 34-40).
Listing NGR: TM1486573817
Sources
Books and journals
Paine, C, The History of Eye, (1993), 34-40
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/131662...
Eye
Note the carvings on the timbers of the 16th century Guildhall.
Eye Guildhall dates from the late 15C and was possibly bequeathed by John Upson “for the good of his soul”. Despite Victorian ‘improvements’ the corner post still has its medieval carved figure of Archangel Gabriel, and two arched window heads also have original carving. Eye also has a few timber framed thatched cottages remaining, typical Suffolk sights.
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Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1316621
Date first listed: 15-Jun-1951
Date of most recent amendment: 12-Feb-1998
Statutory Address 1: THE GUILDHALL, CHURCH STREET
National Grid Reference: TM 14865 73817
Details
EYE
TM1473 CHURCH STREET 585-1/7/78 (East side) 15/06/51 The Guildhall (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (North side) Guildhall of St Mary or Upson's Guildhall)
GV I
Guildhall of St Mary, now offices and shop. Late C15, probably for John Upson. Rebuilt 1875 by JK Colling as headmaster's house for adjoining Eye Grammar school until 1965, now offices and shop. Timber-framed; machine tile roofs. Nearly rectangular plan with a short west extension. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. West gable-end faces street. Exposed close studding throughout. First floor jettied to south and west. South flank with 5 two- and 3-light casements to ground floor and 4 to first floor, 3 of which are elaborated into oriels on heavily carved aprons. Gabled roof with clustered decorative ridge stack and internal gable-end stack to east. West gable with 4-light ground-floor casement, oriel window above fitted with single-light leaded casements on a richly carved apron and with a hipped plaintile roof. 3-light attic casement. Brattished jetty bressumer and attic wall plate. South-west corner post has weathered C15 carved figure of Archangel Gabriel, and south flank retains two 4-centred window heads with carved spandrels. All other timber of 1875. INTERIOR: heavy hollow-moulded tie beams on arched braces, also hollow-moulded. Plan is of 1875. (Paine C: The History of Eye: Diss: 1993-: 34-40).
Listing NGR: TM1486573817
Sources
Books and journals
Paine, C, The History of Eye, (1993), 34-40
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/131662...