For example, a home-owner in Lavenham a few years ago was forced to paint her picturesque Grade 1 listed cottage – worth one million pounds – Suffolk Pink, to make it match a neighbouring property. There have been stories over the years of property owners causing upset by not painting with sympathetic, heritage colours. These include shell-pink, rose-pink, geranium and raspberry. Even though you will notice that the pink colours are never quite the same, there are only a select number of shades of pink that are permitted in some areas. You can’t necessarily buy a property in Suffolk and paint it pink – if it’s listed or in a conservation you could fall foul of the local planners, English Heritage and your neighbours. Suffolk Pink walls are not for all, however. Sometimes there are rules about who can paint their house pink. You may also recognise the term Suffolk Pink in reference to a variety of apple, which as you will have guessed, was first discovered here too. Blackthorn or sloe juice was sometimes added too, to produce a redder pink. Other methods included mixing pig/ox blood with buttermilk which was then painted onto a house. For example, adding in elderberries, which release a beautiful carmine red.
Suffolk Pink dates back to the 14th century, where these pink shades were formed by adding natural substances to traditional limewash.
So, what is the history behind Suffolk Pink?Īccording to research, it was the dyers of Suffolk who first stumbled upon the idea of Suffolk Pink. Properties here can range from pretty cottages to moated halls and boutique hotels, and with the colour embedded deep within Suffolk’s history, it is of no surprise that so many buildings are painted this way.
Anybody that knows Suffolk as well as I do, will know the area is renowned for its pretty pink-washed houses and cottages – ‘Suffolk Pink’.
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