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Community News
June 2017
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East House to be restored... You may have seen the ‘sold’ signs and metal barriers outside East House recently. They signal that the sale of East House by Babergh is complete and we have a new owner. This means that East House will soon be restored to its former glory with its beautiful architraves around the doors and renovated period windows. Inside, the house will be divided into two dwellings. The whole of the front and the left of the building will form one, five-bedroom house to enable the façade to have a unified appearance and a second, fourbedroom house (which is currently being referred to as West Lodge) will be created using the side entrance on the right. Many people will recall the room with the stage and corniced ceilings. That will become the drawing room and dining room and at the stage end, a window will be created opening on to the garden. A large kitchen will be next to that area. The garden of East House is a very important part of the setting of the house. In addition to retaining the existing trees, new trees will be planted and hedging will form discreet privacy borders. I am delighted to report that the new owner, Richard Abel, is fairly local to Hadleigh, knows our area well and more importantly, has plans to restore the house to its Grade II* listed status according to English Heritage criteria. As I said in my previous article, no parkland will be lost, all the main trees (including the beautiful trees in the car park) will remain. Continued on page 5...
Kathryn Grandon meets new owner of East House, Richard Abel
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