Listed Building: BULL HOTEL (278235)

HALL STREET 1. 5377 (East Side) Long Melford Bull Hotel TL 8645 21/484 10.1.53. II* 2. A well known Suffolk Inn known to have been an inn under the same name since at least 1580 when it was marked on a manor map of that date. It has been much restored and 2 cottages on the south end have been rebuilt in C17 style with a jettied upper storey and incorporated into the Bull Inn. 2 storeys. The original Inn has a cross wing at the south end. The main block has a jettied upper storey at different levels and the cross wing is underbuilt. The timber-framing is exposed, with some carving. Much of the cross wing is of modern construction. The windows are modern restorations in Cl6-C17 style with 3, 4 and 5-light mullioned and transomed casements with leaded lights. The jettied upper storey continues on the north side and there are 2 large external chimney stacks, one with 2 octagonal shafts. The ground storey has underbuilt bays. The north-west corner has a heavy corner post. A courtyard at the rear is enclosed by wings to the east and south. Roof tiled, with an original chimney stack at the south end of the cross wing (formerly an external stack). The interior has original features, much restored. Listing NGR: TL8648745878