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A Gang of Four less Michael visit to this Medieval Town 13th June 2025. A hilly town packed with parked cars on a very hot, bright day, 27degrees C.
 Map of the walk (wider line after lunch) |
 Leaving Prentice Street Car Park |
 The rise and fall of this Village |
 Prentice Street |
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 They say the pink colour is sheep dip |
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 Fire Hydrant?? |
 Medieval Brickwork |
 Old Rose Cottage |
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 Woolstaplers Hall |
 Woolstaplers Hall door |
 We were shown the owners immaculate garden |
 Tree Peony in Garden of Woolstaplers Hall |
 Dwarf Trees . The Owner told us his three best jokes |
 Little Hall we came back to after lunch |
 The Angel Hotel |
 Toll Cottage, Market Square |
 Tea Room end of the Guildhall(NT) |
 Entrance to the Guildhall |
 Model of its Construction |
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 Fire Place |
 Cupboard? |
 Quite Steep |
 Roof space |
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 Various spinning machines |
 Cures for Common ailments |
 A loom |
 A Peasant's smock |
 Weaving horse hair and sisal replaced wool |
 Medieval Dress |
 The church described |
 Tea Garden behind |
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Tea Garden behind with an Armillary Sphere |
 How does it work? |
 Tea Room with notable floor and Solar |
 Tea Room |
 All wooden Pump |
 The Cemetery Chapel Bell |
 Town Lock up |
 Long view of the Guildhall |
 The Great House |
 Google Map |
 Cafe off the Market Square |
 High Street |
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 Water Street |
 No Explanation |
 The Crooked House |
 The Swan, High Street |
 Hall Road Junction |
 The Butchers |
 The Greyhound pub for Lunch (picture from Google) |
 Water Street |
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 Lady Street turn |
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 They all had somewhere to recommend |
 Repro Georgian? |
 The De Vere House and the... |
 ...door used for a Harry Potter film |
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 Plush Georgian |
 The De L'Isle House |
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 Church Street |
 The Cock Horse Church Street |
 Village
Sign |
 Vernacular Buildings |
 St Peter and St Paul Grade 1 listed wool church |
 South Door...... |
 .....a detail St P and P |
 The Nave |
 Looking West |
 Old Choir seats |
 Retirement houses?? |
 More small houses |
 The Swan |
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 On Barn Street, (all the listed houses take a lot of maintenance) |
 The Little Hall for a tour round |
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Little Hall Lavenham is a late 14th
Century hall house on the main square, its story mirrors the history
of Lavenham over the centuries. First built in the 1390s as a
family house and workplace, it was enlarged, improved and modernised
in the mid 1550s, and greatly extended later. By the 1700s it
was giving homes to six families. It was restored in the 1920s/30s.
In the 1960s and 70s it was an outpost of Kingston (Surrey) College
of Art. In 1975 Surrey County Council offered it to the Suffolk
Building Preservation Trust, together with two cottages. Before
selling the cottages, the Trust was able to restore Little Hall.
This late C14 hall house containing the Gayer-Anderson collection of pictures and artefacts was opened to the public in 1978 and now operates as a museum. |
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 Our Volunteer Guide with the story to relate |
 All restored in the 1920's |
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 The Library |
 Dining Room |
 Bedroom |
 A Hidden Basin with Sevres splash back |
 Roof Space Dormitory |
 Central Corridor front door with wicket |
 Examples of Wool weaves broadcloth in Guildhall Tea Room for our last drink |
 Market Square |
 Off Market Square |
 Prentice Street |
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 Dragon Boat brush holder? And a safe drive home |
