Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WESTGATE STREET
639-1/15/666 (South side)
12/07/72 No.12

II

House. Later C17 with a C18 front. Timber-framed and rendered;
plaintiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attics and cellars. 3 windows to the main
part of the front: 6-pane to the 1st storey and 16-pane to the
ground storey, all in flush cased frames; a narrow sash window
to each storey on the far left. 3 gabled dormers with 4-pane
2-light casement windows have pierced ornamental ridge tiles,
fluted bargeboards and hanging finials. A 6-panel door in deep
panelled reveals with a moulded architrave.
A tall red brick chimney-stack on the east side has 3 attached
hexagonal shafts and rebuilt corbelled caps. The rectangular
base is almost completely obscured by the ridge of the present
roof. Lean-to extensions and a wing at the rear.
INTERIOR: a large cellar with brick walling, some flint and
reused stone blocks. No framing exposed: all main beams boxed
in and fireplaces replaced. Thought to have been originally
jettied. Panelled internal shutters to the windows. The
entrance hall has a dado of Jacobean panelling uncovered
during restoration in the 1970s. Early C19 stair with stick
balusters and ramped handrail. Clasped purlins to the front
range of the roof.

Listing NGR: TL8549463771

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435105

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014