<b>By Ruth Tyler
Construction Correspondent</b>

The quality of building work in a picturesque medieval town has been called into question after many houses were seen to be suffering from crazy subsidence defects.

Properties in Lavenham, Suffolk appear to have moved over the years, with window frames, beams and even roofs appearing to deviate from what should be perfectly straight lines.

<a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lavenham-dodgy-houses.jpg"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lavenham-dodgy-houses.jpg" alt="lavenham-dodgy-houses" width="800" height="500" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-214" /></a><center><i>The houses in Lavenham are on the wonk</center></i>

Last night UKIP claimed the influx of builders from Eastern Europe was to blame.

A party spokesman said: "Clearly these properties have not been built to the highest of British standards. We have many builders from Poland and elsewhere now working in Suffolk, and they are taking the jobs of British craftsmen."

But Lavenham town council leader Anthony Smythe-Farquar said UKIP were simply electioneering. "These houses were not built by Polish immigrant workers in the past 18 months," he said. "They are more than 500 years old, and the fact they are still standing actually shows just how well they were built all those years ago."

