Glemsford

Part of the Grade II listed Angel public house is on the right. The Grade II listing for the house opposite reads "A timber-framed and plastered building refronted in the C18-C19 and altered in the C20. Two storeys. Four-window range, double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars. The window range at the south end has 3-light windows with narrow side lights. At the north end there is a C20 shop. Roof tiled (old tiles), with a gambrel at the south end."

The footpath is part of a dense network at the southern end of this large Suffolk village.

A view across stubble, with Cavendish church tower showing above the trees in the centre, about a mile and a half away. It would have been good to be here on a brighter August morning.

In the 19th and 20th centuries Glemsford was a centre for linen, silk, coconut matting and horsehair manufacture, and among the many picturesque and sometimes very old timber-framed houses there is a good number of Victorian terraces such as this one.

In the 19th and 20th centuries Glemsford was a centre for linen, silk, coconut matting and horsehair manufacture, and among the many picturesque and sometimes very old timber-framed houses there is a good number of Victorian terraces such as this one.

The houses are of various ages, styles and materials. The thatched row in the middle distance dates from the eighteenth century and is Grade II listed.

Blue plaques on the large timber-framed house commemorate two previous owners, Nigel Balchin (1908-70), a once-popular novelist and screenwriter, and before him Laughlan Rose (1867-1949) of the lime juice family, who retired here from the family's estate in Dominica. The Grade II listed house dates from the 16th or 17th century. For more about the origin of Rose's Lime Juice, try Link .

The thatched timber-framed houses on the left date from the 17th or 18th century and are Grade II listed.

Looking towards the Grade II* listed Angel House and the Angel Inn. The 18th-century timber-framed house on the left, with a former shop front, is Grade II listed.

The grand timber-framed house on the right dates from the 16th or 17th century and is Grade II listed. Beyond are The Angel public house (Grade II listed) and Angel House (Grade II* listed).

The original part of this house has Chinese bond brickwork. The bricks are laid on edge rather than flat, which makes them appear larger than if laid conventionally. This method enabled fewer bricks to be used and a house made more cheaply.

"Startling red-brick school for 500, 1871," wrote Norman Scarfe in the Shell Guide of 1960. However, according to Historic England's Grade II listing it was "built circa 1895 as an Urban District Office and later used as a school ... The tower is surmounted by a cruciform slate roof gabled on each front."

This Grade II listed timber-framed and plastered building dates from the 16th century.

Though old, this house, partly thatched and partly roofed with corrugated iron, is not listed.

When it was a public house this Chinese takeaway was a different colour - see Robert Edwards' TL8248 : Glemsford's village sign and the 'Cherry Tree' pub, taken in 2011.

In the 19th and 20th centuries Glemsford was a centre for linen, silk, coconut matting and horsehair manufacture. The factory complex on Bells Lane dates from the 1820s and was built as a silk mill. According to the Shell Guide, 500 employees were grading and processing horsehair by 1855. Horsehair was much used in uphostery in the Victorian period, and production continued until late in the twentieth century. Glemsford's finest white horsehair was used in the production of such things as cavalrymen's helmet plumes and in the Scottish sporran trade. The factory buildings are now housing, with the fine and unusual postal address "Former Horsehair Factory, Bells Lane, Glemsford".

In the 19th and 20th centuries Glemsford was a centre for linen, silk, coconut matting and horsehair manufacture. The factory complex on Bells Lane dates from the 1820s and was built as a silk mill. According to the Shell Guide, 500 employees were grading and processing horsehair by 1855. Horsehair was much used in uphostery in the Victorian period, and production continued until late in the twentieth century. Glemsford's finest white horsehair was used in the production of such things as cavalrymen's helmet plumes and in the Scottish sporran trade. The factory buildings are now housing, with the fine and unusual postal address "Former Horsehair Factory, Bells Lane, Glemsford", as the sign above the ground-floor windows just to the right of centre shows.

In the 19th and 20th centuries Glemsford was a centre for linen, silk, coconut matting and horsehair manufacture. The factory complex on Bells Lane dates from the 1820s and was built as a silk mill. According to the Shell Guide, 500 employees were grading and processing horsehair by 1855. Horsehair was much used in uphostery in the Victorian period, and production continued until late in the twentieth century. Glemsford's finest white horsehair was used in the production of such things as cavalrymen's helmet plumes and in the Scottish sporran trade. The factory buildings are now housing, with the fine and unusual postal address "Former Horsehair Factory, Bells Lane, Glemsford".