Pevsner in Suffolk

Pictures of buildings mentioned in the “Suffolk” volume of “The Buildings of England” series by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner. The page references on this site are to the second edition, revised by Enid Radcliffe (Yale University Press 2002: ISBN 0 300 09648 8). The first edition was published in 1961 and a revised (second) edition in 1974, but was first published by Yale UP in 2002 and this is the edition mainly used for this site. A newer version in two volumes, Suffolk West and Suffolk East with considerably extended coverage to all Grade I and Grade II* buildings, became available in Spring 2015. This site is intended to be used in conjunction with the books, so some descriptions of the buildings are light or omitted. They are more extensive where they involve mediaeval or Tudor bricks (where Suffolk is especially important), the dukes of Suffolk, gilds and gildhalls, and where the information can be expanded from other sources.

With a few exceptions the photographs do not include Churches, which are very well represented on a Suffolk Churches web-site and another one called Angels and Pinnacles. However, some Chapels, Meeting Houses etc are included here. Church buffs may also like The Angel Roofs of East Anglia.

Towns and villages covered are listed below (click on “Suffolk” at the top of the pages to return here). The number of photographs on each page are in brackets.

This site is being revised. These pages will be removed later. In the meantime please go to http://www.pevsnersuffolk.co.uk/ and re-bookmark any favourite pages. Thank you.

ABC

Akenham (2); Aldeburgh (22); Alderton (1); Bardwell (4): Barsham (6); Bawdsey (2); Beccles (27); Bedfield (5); Bildeston (14); Brandeston (1); Botesdale (10); Boxford (11); Boxted (2); Bramfield (3); Bramford (2); Brent Eleigh (3); Bruisyard (10); Bulcamp (9); Bungay (26); Bures (35); Bury St Edmunds (51); Butley (9); Cavendish (4); Chelsworth (17); Clare (18); Cotton (4); Crowfield (5); Culford (5)

DEF

Debenham (18); Denston (4); Dunwich (8); East Bergholt (7); Elmswell (2); Erwarton (7); Euston Hall (12); Eye (17); Felixstowe (12); Finningham (1); Flatford (6); Framlingham (21); Framsden (4); Fressingfield (7); Freston (13); Frostenden (2)

GHI

Gislingham (3); Glemsford (6); Great Saxham (8); Great Thurlow (9); Hacheston (1); Hadleigh (39); Halesworth (16); Hartest (3); Haughley (11); Hawkedon (1); Hawstead (2); Helmingham (2); Hemingstone (2); Henstead (4); Heveningham Hall (11); Hintlesham (6); Hitcham (1); Holbrook (8); Horham (3); Hundon (2); Ickworth (7); Ilketshall St Andrew (1); Ipswich (67)

JKL

Kelsale (4); Kersey (18); Knodishall (3); Langham (3); Lavenham (37); Laxfield (5); Leiston (8); Letheringham (3); Lidgate (4); Lindsey (7); Little Glemham (5); Little Wenham (3); Long Melford (24); Lowestoft (12)

MNO

Martlesham (3); Mendham (2); Mettingham (3); Nayland (14); Needham Market (19); Nettlestead (7); Newbourne (2); Orford (5); Otley (17); Ousden (5);

PQRS

Parham (5); Peasenhall (2); Pettistree (2); Polstead (11); Rendlesham (4); Rumburgh (3); Saxmundham (3); Seckford Hall (8); Shrubland Park (5); Sizewell (1); Snape (13); South Elmham St Cross (7); Somersham (1); South Elmham St Peter (3); Southwold (24); Sproughton (2); Stansfield (1); Stanstead (1); Stoke by Nayland (6); Stowlangtoft (1); Stowmarket (8): Stowupland (6); Stratford St Mary (6); Sudbury (20); Syleham (1);

TUV

Thorington Hall (6); Thorpeness (20); Ufford (8)

WXYZ

Walpole (3); Westhorpe (5); West Stow (19); Wickham Market (4); Wingfield (11); Witnesham (2); Woodbridge (23); Woolpit (7); Woolverstone (5); Wrentham (2); Yaxley (1); Yoxford (6)

Guildhalls - or Gildhalls Guildhall, Gildhall, Gild Hall, Guild Hall, Guild House, gild, guild, gylde, geld.

An A - Z of Suffolk gildhalls: A - D; E - G; H - N; O - Z

Bardwell; Badwell Ash; Bungay Merchants House, formerly Gildhall; Bury St Edmunds; Clare; Debenham; Eye; Gislingham; Guild Hall of Corpus Christi, Lavenham; Hitcham; Laxfield; Fressingfield Gild House; Hadleigh; Kelsale; Stoke by Nayland; Yaxley; Withersfield; Wrentham.

Doubtfully: Pettistree Church house

More on gilds

Significant buildings:

Alston Court; Ancient House, Ipswich; Bardwell Hall; Bell House, East Bergholt; Bevills - a.k.a Great Bevills; Bruisyard Hall; Butley Priory; Cockfield Hall; Columbine Hall; Crows Hall; Culford Hall; Euston Hall; Erwarton Gatehouse; Flatford Mill; Framlingham Castle; Great Thurlow Hall; Hemingstone Hall; Heveningham Hall; High Hall, Nettlestead; Hintlesham Hall; Ickworth House; Leiston Abbey; Little Wenham Hall; Melford Hall; Moat Hall, Parham; Moot Hall, Aldeburgh; Orford Castle; Otley Hall; Parham Old Hall; Priest’s house, Stratford St Mary; Roos Hall; Saxham Hall; Seckford Hall; Shire Hall, Woodbridge; Shrubland Park; Sparrowe’s House, Ipswich; St James’s Chapel, Lindsey; Thorington Hall; Thorpe Hall; Tide Mill, Woodbridge; West Stow Hall; Willie Lott’s cottage; Wingfield Castle; Woolverstone Hall; Yaxley Hall.

Barns:

Crows Hall; Framsden Hall; Little Wenham; Seckford Hall; Wingfield.

Other:

Not in Pevsner (20)

Dukes of Suffolk

Bricks

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