Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW COLLEGE STREET
639-1/14/266 (East side)
12/07/72 Nos.2 AND 3

GV II

House, divided into 2 in the early C19. C16 with early C19
alterations. Timber-framed, with old roughcast render in
panels; old plaintiles to front slope of roof, C20 double
Romans to rear slope and single-storey lean-to's.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; attic to No.3 only. 3 cell
plan, jettied along street frontage, with an additional half
bay at the north end. A large internal chimney-stack and an
end stack on the south. Both have tall plain rectangular red
brick shafts.
5 irregularly spaced sash windows to the upper storey, all
12-pane in flush cased frames. On the ground storey No.2 has a
deeper 12-pane sash window and a small-paned tripartite sash
with diminished side-lights and moulded cornice. 2 similar
tripartite sashes to No.3. 2 slightly recessed entrance doors,
each with a rectangular fanlight and moulded architrave,
6-panel to No.2, formerly with 2 leaves, 6 flush panels to
No.3. A small lower unjettied section at the south end
encloses the end stack.
INTERIOR: No.2 has a cellar which extends partly below No.1
(qv), which adjoins on the north. Rubble flint walls with old
render; renewed ceiling. The principal ground-storey room is
in 2 bays with a heavy chamfered main beam and unchamfered
joists set flat. Fireplace with stone jambs, double
ogee-moulded with the moulding continuing across the cambered
timber lintel. On the upper storey, a smaller fireplace has
stone jambs with roll-mouldings which continue across the
cambered timber lintel and a rounded back with the remains of
red ochre colouring on the render.
Beside this stack, a blocked upper doorway which formerly led
to No.3. There are discrepancies between the framing of the
front and back walls, with evidence of alterations at the rear
which indicate an older core to the range. A plain crown-post
roof, with the crown-post braced to the collar-purlin only.
The half bay at the north end was probably originally hipped.
No.3 has less framing visible than No.2 but the same
indications of alterations on the rear wall of the upper
storey, with blocked original windows and main posts with
empty mortices.
The ground storey fireplace in the end stack has a large
chamfered lintel with curved stops and stone jambs. One

cross-beam exposed has small supporting arched braces. The
attics, approached by a stair in the small unjettied south
end, are rendered and apparently have a side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL8542764032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540526

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)