Building record WBG 129 - House at 8 Seckford Street, Woodbridge

A Level I photographic survey was undertaken of the grade II listed property, which was originally constructed as two cottages and amalgamated into one in the mid-20th century, prior to its renovation. The current work to separate the two cottages again resulted in the stripping out of many of these more recent alterations, allowing the original layout and proportions of the cottages to be observed. These included the traces of the timber studwork supporting the western gable end which have been revealed in the former kitchen. While the cottages retain their original upstairs fireplaces, the downstairs fireplaces and much of the rest of the interior have been greatly affected by the 20th-century use of the property, and few original features otherwise remain. At the northern end of the garden a full width red brick outbuilding was observed built in stretcher bond with pantile roof. The building east lit by a series of south facing windows. Two timber doors on the single building indicated it was originally constructed to serve two houses (S1).