Monument record LVM 010 - 80 Church Street, Lavenham
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TL 9145 4905 (16m by 20m) Approximate |
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Map sheet | TL94NW |
Civil Parish | LAVENHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
David Deacon, a local builder, discovered the major part of a tenter frame "buried in the fabric" of 80 Church Street, Lavenham.
It was thought to be the redundant property of a former owner of the premises (for example clothier, weaver or woolcomber). The frame consisted of seven vertical 7 foot (2.12m) timbers spaced at slightly varying intervals over a distance of 10 feet (3.05m). Two diagonal strengthening members intersected six of the verticals. From this eleven lengths of oak were salvaged bearing rows of tenterhooks fixed at an average interval of 2 1/2 inches (6.3cm) along one face. With one slightly large exception the timbers measured 3 inches x 3 1/2 inches (7.8cm x 8.8cm) in section. Four of the timbers had mortices cut into them, presumably to receive the tenter frame's verticals and these faced in the opposite direction to the points of the hooks" (precis) (S1).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF1210 (No record type): Betterton A, A survival from Lavenham's cloth industry, PSIA, 35,1984, (4), 317-319 (ill).
Finds (1)
- FSF4288: (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Dec 7 2012 9:52AM