Lavenham Houses
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Location Lavenham, Suffolk, England
Date 1400 's   timeline
Building Type houses
 Construction System timber frame with plaster in-fill
Climate temperate
Context urban
Style Medieval Vernacular or Late Gothic
Notes half-timbered medieval merchant's houses.
Images

 


Photo, exterior.

Photo, exterior.

Photo, exterior.
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Discussion Lavenham Houses Commentary

Houses in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, an old wool town, once the 14th wealthiest in England (during the reign of Richard II).

— Jane Greenwood

Resources
Sources on Lavenham Houses

Spiro Kostof. A History of Architecture. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-19-503472-4. LC 84-25375. NA200.K65 1985. exterior photo, p348.   Available at Amazon.com

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com


 

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