Those of us who live in West Suffolk have a great sense of pride in the traditional beauty of our small towns and villages and in particular in the one and only Lavenham. The members of the West Suffolk County Council and of the Cosford Rural District Council felt that there was a note of challenge in the introduction to the report of the buildings of Lavenham, prepared by the Minister of Housing and Local Government, which read. “Lavenham is the most complete example of a small mediaeval town in East Anglia. Its general plan remains unspoilt and its wealth of mediaeval buildings unrivalled….