Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET
639-1/14/126 (North side)
12/07/72 No.15

GV II

Shop with storage above, formerly a house and shop, on a
corner site. Late C15/early C16 front range, extended c1600.
Timber-framed and rendered, jettied along the side frontage,
with the joist ends of the jetty exposed; formerly also
jettied along front. C20 plaintiled roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; front range in 2 bays and a
long return front to High Baxter Street. 3 windows to
Abbeygate Street, sashes with a single vertical bar to lights.
Parapet and wooden modillion cornice; 2 flat-headed dormers
have sash windows with vertical glazing-bars. A late C20 shop
front to the ground storey. The later rear range has a row of
8 linked small-paned sash windows and 2 paired sash windows to
the upper storey.
INTERIOR with little visible. A dragon-beam was uncovered in
the front range during restoration c1980, and on the upper
storey part of the tie-beam of the central truss is exposed,
with a heavy supporting brace. C19 roof trusses to rear range.

Listing NGR: TL8538864230

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272811

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)