Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WHITING STREET
639-1/15/705 (East side)
12/07/72 No.36
(Formerly Listed as:
WHITING STREET
(East side)
Nos.36 AND 38)

II

House. C15, with later alterations and extensions at rear.
Timber-framed; roughcast exterior with applied mock timbering;
plaintiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attics: contains the 2 bays of
an open hall. 2 window range: 2-light casement windows with a
single bar to the 1st storey and small-paned sashes in flush
cased frames on the ground storey. A 6-panel door in a wood
doorcase with moulded architrave and pediment.
INTERIOR: a small cellar below the rear extensions has one
wall of large kidney flints, the rest brick lined. Good
studding partly exposed inside. A fine crown-post roof,
lightly smoke blackened, the crown post with a short octagonal
shaft and moulded cap and base, braced 4 ways at the head. A
second layer of rafters has been laid over the original roof.
Slightly smoke-blackened plaster between the studs of the
north wall at attic level. The crown-post stands on a heavily
cambered tie beam, ogee moulded, with chamfered solid arched
braces meeting at the centre with a short blocking piece. The
end wall on the north has only the tie-beam and one surviving
long arched brace; no evidence of original studding below the
tie-beam, which suggests that the house was butted up against
an earlier building.
The chimney-stack was inserted at the upper end of the hall
and serves both Nos 36 and 38 (qv), the latter formerly the
cross-wing associated with the open hall, but now separately
occupied. The open fireplace has a damaged timber lintel and
the brickwork has the remains of original mortar. The inserted
ceiling has heavy chamfered cross-beams and plain unchamfered
joists set flat.

Listing NGR: TL8536063850

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389035

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings