Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WESTGATE STREET
639-1/15/677 (North side)
12/07/72 Nos.53 AND 54

GV II

A pair of cottages. C18, extended in the early C19.
Timber-framed; red brick to lower wall of east gable;
roughcast rendered; plaintiled roof; gable and chimney-stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; gable end chimney-stacks. 2
window range: small-paned 2-light casements to the 1st storey
and sashes to the ground storey, No.53 12-pane, No.54 with
plain glass, both in flush cased frames. 2 gabled dormers with
2-light single bar casement windows. 2 central entrance doors,
boarded. The 2-storey rear extension has a lean-to roof which
runs into the slope of the main roof.
INTERIOR: no cellars. The 2 cottages have a matching layout,
initially with a single living-room in the front and a walk-in
larder and corner stair behind. The C19 extension enlarged the
larder area into a room and the original rear wall was
removed. The infill between the studding of the partition wall
has now been removed in each cottage to make one larger room.
The red brick chimney-stacks each have reinstated open hearths
with timber lintels, in No.54 with a marked camber. Many
re-used timbers in both cottages and very light framing. Newel
stair beside each stack. On the west, No.53 is butted up
against the adjoining house and has a section of plastered
external wall with comb-pargeting backing on the stair.
All roof timbers covered: the original roof of No.54 was
destroyed by fire in 1982.

Listing NGR: TL8538263790

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435134

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)