Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE EASTGATE STREET
639-1/8/334 (North side)
01/08/69 No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
EASTGATE STREET
(North side)
Nos.13 AND 14-16 (Consecutive))

GV II

House; now a shop with living accommodation above. Early C17.
Timber-framed and rendered; C19 fishscale tiles with
ornamental ridge-tiles.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. 3 window range: sashes with a
single vertical glazing-bar in flush cased frames. A late C20
double shop front to the ground storey. One flat-headed dormer
with rendered cheeks and 2-light small-paned casement windows.
A lower wing at the rear is plaintiled and in 2 structural
stages, the earlier in 2 timber-framed bays.
INTERIOR: in 2 bays, originally divided into 2 rooms on each
storey, but with the ground storey now all one: the central
ceiling-beam has empty mortices for a partition wall. The
ground-storey room to the left was heated, and still retains
an open fireplace which has a plain chamfered timber lintel
with lamb's tongue stops.
The main ceiling-beams are similarly chamfered and stopped. On
the upper storey, the dividing partition wall has been moved
and the tie-beam has empty mortices. Rafters covered in the
attics.

Listing NGR: TL8588164468

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26338174

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)