Bridge Cottage
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Bridge Cottage is a 16th-century thatched cottage in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. It has been a National Trust property since 1943. The National Trust market the property under the name "Flatford: Bridge Cottage".
The property is located in the heart of Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape. It is noted as the location for works by John Constable, and presents an exhibition of his paintings.
The cottage is located just upstream from Flatford Mill which, along with neighbouring Valley Farm and Willy Lott's Cottage, are leased to the Field Studies Council, a group uses them as locations for arts-based courses.
The property provides access to a number of walks along the River Stour.
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Bridge Cottage
- Flatford: Bridge Cottage information at the National Trust
- Images of England listing