More information : [ TL 9293 3306 ] SMALLBRIDGE HALL [G.T.]
MOAT [ G.T. ] (1)
Smallbridge, now a farmhouse, was once the residence of the
oldest branch of the Waldegraves. It is a good example of
Elizabethan architecture, and there are evidences that it was a
moated building. The mullions of the windows and the string
course are of moulded brick. Queen Elizabeth visited Smallbridge
in 1561 and 1579. (2)
"At Smallbridge, on the northern bank of the River Stour, there
remain two sides of a moat, and a wide channel cut from the river
supplied the water and at the same time doubled the defence on
the western side." (3)
Smallbridge Hall is a good example of early Elizabethan work,
much restored in 1932. (4)
Smallbridge Hall is an early Tudor building. Below a window of a
panelled room, formerly part of the great hall, is the date
1572, evidently inserted some years after the erection of the
building.
[ See AO : 60:66:7] (5)
"Smallbridge Hall. 19/32. Grade II.* Originally a large
Elizabethan house. The seat of Waldegrave family. 2 storeys,
attics, roofs tiled. Still H shaped with various additions. Queen
Elizabeth stayed here on one of her journeys through Suffolk.
Only a small part of original house remains. Largely rebuilt in
red brick Elizabethan style, 1874." (6)
'Smallbridge Hall' (name confirmed) is as described above.
In good condition but very much restored:
AM 25" survey not correctly shewn.
The enclosing moat is now waterfilled occasionally only on the
north and south sides. AM survey amended. Moat in fair condition.
Of the fishponds that lay to the south, the sites of two may
still be discerned. They are enclosed by a bank on the west and
south sides.
AM survey amended.
G.P.s AO/60/45/1 from S: (7)
|