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Isaac Lord

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©Richard Bond
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©Richard Bond

Region: East of England

Local Authority: Ipswich

Owner Type: Private

Funding Body: English Heritage

Year of Intervention: 1998 - 2002

Summary: Informing an appropriate repair strategy- detailed structural recording and tree-ring dating has provided a wider understanding of the early fabric of Isaac Lord Merchant's House, proving that it contains a rare medieval survival.

Description: Isaac Lord Merchant’s House is a complex, multi-phase, timber-framed and plastered building. It has a cross-wing at the east end and a central carriage entrance.
Issue: An assessment of the survival and significance of early fabric surviving in this complex building was necessary to enable appropriate repairs to be undertaken.
Strategy: Detailed structural recording and tree-ring dating was carried out. This demonstrated that the building is probably the last surviving example of a sixteenth- or seventeenth-century Merchant’s House in Ipswich.
Outcome: Thus tree-ring dating was able to show that this complex is of even more significance than previously thought, including a medieval range. This information has been used to inform repair specifications, and the building has been re-listed at Grade I.

Keywords: Assessment and Characterisation, Designation, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration

© Bridge, M and Bond, R

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