In Ipswich’s Central Conservation Area, this Grade II-listed six-bedroom townhouse distils 600 years of English architecture into one extraordinary home, listed for £800,000. Believed to date to the mid-15th century, it bears the hallmarks of medieval craftsmanship — oak posts, ogee-moulded mullioned windows and brick nogging, layered later with Georgian refinements including a red-brick façade and segmental fanlight. The result is a rare architectural palimpsest that reflects the evolution of the Suffolk market town.

Inside, the house has more than 4,000sqft of restored space. Medieval beams frame the rooms, themselves finished with waxed pine floors and painted in Farrow & Ball colours or enveloped in hand-painted silk wall coverings. The Georgian drawing room spans the width of the plan, its crown-glass windows overlooking Northgate Street. Behind, a kitchen of reclaimed mahogany and flagstones leads to a snug, office and dining space arranged around open hearths and carved stone surrounds.

There are six bedrooms and three bathrooms upstairs with original panelling, oriel windows and carved fireplaces. To the rear, a walled garden blooms with lilies and jasmine. The fruit trees are espaliered to the garden wall.

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