Essex & Suffolk Group visit Bulmer Brick and Tile

Event details

Friday 23rd May 10am

Join the Essex and Suffolk Group on a visit to Bulmer Brick and Tile company. We’ll also be visiting nearby Griggs Farmhouse, which is undergoing conservation work. We’ll be donning hard hats for this part of the day.

Bulmer Brick and Tile company is a family-run, traditional brick company who have worked on several local conservation projects including, Layer Marney Towers, Helmingham Hall, St Oysths Priory, Melford Hall, as well as Hampton Court Palace and St Pancras Station.

The visit includes a talk by Peter Minter and a tour of their brick yard where they dig the London Clay, hand-make the bricks, air-dry and then fire finished products.

Grigg’s Farmhouse is a private dwelling house undergoing extensive repairs. This is a limited opportunity to see parts of the frame and a host of original figures internally. The building is heavy timber frame said to be late 17th century, but has evidence of much early medieval hall house construction. The house has been owned by the same family for over a century and is a time warp of history.

The site has an abattoir building, bake / wash house, deep well and underground wash tank. The new owner will be talking about the things that they have discovered and the past history of the owners and lodgers which used this building over the years. 

You will need

You will need to bring outdoor clothing and wear sturdy footwear.
You will also need to bring a hi-vis jacket and hard hat for the Grigg’s farmhouse. A limited amount will be available to borrow on the day.

How to get there

The Brickfields
Bulmer, 
Sudbury
CO10 7EF

You can park at at the site however parking is limited.

Accessibility

• Bulmers is an operational site with people at work with moving vehicles and machinery.
• Uneven surfaces / slippery paths
• Significant periods of standing / walking
• Limited toilet facilities with no disabled toilets.
• Limited parking spaces
• There is seating in the studio for the talk, however, there are no places to sit down on the tour itself.

Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.

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Photo credit: Bulmer Brick and Tile - SPAB