Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET
639-1/14/156 (South side)
11/02/87 No.60
(Formerly Listed as:
ABBEYGATE STREET
No.60
Alliance Building Society)

GV II

Offices, formerly bank. 1868, by John Gibson. Fine ashlared
facade in Ancaster stone with a base of Portland stone;
parapeted roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5 bays. High Victorian Italianate style.
Rusticated ground floor has 5 openings divided by piers with
keystoned flat arches. All windows replaced, but openings
undamaged. First and second floors have 5 original plate glass
sashes in deep reveals with moulded raised architrave
surrounds. First floor has criss-cross string course, second
floor fluted and then foliated plat-bands. Ornate keystones to
second floor architraves, projecting cornice with mutules,
roundels and dentils, all boldly detailed and deliberately
varied in contrasting scales.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 149).

Listing NGR: TL8526864165

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433906

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability