Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564NW NORTHGATE STREET
639-1/3/492 (West side)
12/07/72 No.41
and attached wall

GV II

House, now offices. Early-to-mid C19 with a fragmentary
earlier rear wing. White brick; slate roof with a wide
modillion eaves soffit; timber framed rear wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar to front range; 3 storeys to an
overlapping rear range; 2-storey rear wing. 5 window range:
long 12-pane sashes in plain reveals with flat gauged arches.
A raised brick band runs between the storeys. A central
6-panel door with a plain rectangular fanlight has a wood
doorcase with fluted pilasters and a cornice. The garden to
the south side of the house has a high boundary wall, mainly
in kidney flint with a plain red brick coping. This is
attached to the south-east corner of the front and extends
round the corner into Cadney Lane.
INTERIOR: no timber-framing is exposed inside and most
features date from the early C19. Internal window-shutters
with sunk panels; good moulded plaster cornices in the ground
storey front rooms; stair with stick balusters and wreathed
handrail. One window at the back is in Gothic style with
pointed heads to the lights and spandrels filled with coloured
glass. An attic fireplace has a small cast-iron grate in
Gothic style.

Listing NGR: TL8547564890

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273565

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)