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Title*

Pargetting
County Suffolk   District Council St Edmunsbury 
Civil Parish or equivalent Clare  Town/Village* Clare 
Road High Street 
Precise Location Ancient House 
OS Grid Ref TL770452  Postcode CO10 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On Building   Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Not known     

Commissioned by

 Not known 

Design & Constrn period

 Perhaps 1473 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type:

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Architectural decoration  Pargetting  Whole house 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Clare Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks Date of 1473 in later pargetting on west gable. 
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The date of 1473 although later may refer to the initial buildng which was extended in the 16th century. The coarse and renewed pargetting is the 16th century equivalent of artex.  

Description (iconographical)

  

Photographs

 Date taken:  19/9/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  19/9/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 buildingsofengland.org.uk (accessed 20/08/7) 

Database

 Date entered:  1/10/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke