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Bawdsey Manor
Hob Uid: 879544
Location : Suffolk East Suffolk Bawdsey
Grid Ref : TM3351037811
Summary : Country house built circa 1895 with additions of 1908. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and Portland stone ashlar. It comprises two storeys with projecting three storey towers with corner turrets which rise to a fourth storey. From 1937 the house was used by the Air Ministry as a research station for the development of radar (See TM 33 NW 69 and TM 33 NW 70). The building is now (2000) in use as a language school.
More information : (TM33501779) Bawdsey Manor [NAT].(1) Bawdsey Manor country house, built ca.1895 with additions of 1908. Built for, and possibly by, Cuthbert Quilter with advice from Perry MacQuoid in the Jacobean style and style of Francois I. It was at Bawdsey in 1936 that Robert Watson-Watt and his team developed radar.Grade II*. (2) Country house built circa 1895 with additions of 1908. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and Portland stone ashlar. It comprises two storeys with projecting three storey towers with corner turrets which rise to a fourth storey. From 1937 the house was used by the Air Ministry as a research station for the development of radar (See TM 33 NW 69 and TM 33 NW 70). The building is now (2000) in use as a language school. (3) Listed. For the designation record of this site please see The National Heritage List for England. (4-5)

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Source details : OS 1:10000 1973.
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Source details : DOE (HHR) District of Suffolk Coastal 1988
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Source details : PSA Historic Buildings Register 1 1982 126-9 illus.
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Suffolk
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Constructed c1895
Monument End Date : 1905
Monument Start Date : 1885
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Additions of 1908
Monument End Date : 1908
Monument Start Date : 1908
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 285376
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External Cross Reference Source : Register of Parks and Gardens Legacy No.
External Cross Reference Number : 4313
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1001465
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TM 33 NW 62
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