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  Picture of the Old Grammar School, Dedham, Essex, Great Britain Photo of the Old Grammar School Dedham, Essex, England   The Old Grammar School.

This Georgian building, now a private house, was where John Constable went to school. He would have walked here each day from East Bergholt where he lived.

 

 

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  View of the outside staircase on the Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex, England   The Sun Inn.

An example of a rare occurence these days - a medieval outside staircase in the yard behind the Sun Inn.

 

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  Picture of Southfields, Dedham, Essex, Great Britain Photo of Southfields, Dedham, Essex, England   Southfields, Dedham.

Southfields, situated south of the church, was built between the late 15th century and the early 16th century and may have originally been a public building as there were no divisions on the first floor.

It has now been converted to private dwellings.

 

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  View of Southfields, Essex, England   Southfields, Dedham.

The building has a courtyard plan with an open area in the centre as can be seen here looking through the front entrance gateway. There is another wing out of the picture on the right and the gateway goes through the front part of the building.

The upper storeys were originally, apparently, reached by external staircases such as that seen on the Sun Inn above.

 

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