Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW HATTER STREET
639-1/14/428 (West side)
07/08/52 Nos.20 AND 20A
(Formerly Listed as:
HATTER STREET
(West side)
No.20)

GV II

House, now divided into 2 shops on the ground storey with
separate living accommodation above. C16 and C17 with C18 and
C19 alterations. Timber-framed and rendered; plaintiled roof
with twin gables facing the street. L-shaped plan with a long
rear wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; cellar to part; 4 window
range: 12-pane sashes in moulded flush cased frames with a
coved and moulded stucco cornice above. The twin gables each
have plain bargeboards, C19 hanging finials and 2-light
square-leaded C18 casement windows. On the ground storey an
off-centre C18 entrance door with 6 sunk panels, partly
glazed, is set in a doorcase with plain reveals, moulded and
eared architrave, cornice and triangular pediment. To the left
of the door, a 12-pane sash window and to the right a double
shop-front, in early C19 style, but inserted in the mid-C20.
INTERIOR: cellar (below 20A), lined with old brick, has 3
arched openings and a timber ceiling. No.20 extends into a
long rear range and has ceiling heights at different levels
from those in No.20A. The rear range is in 2 phases, one C16,
in 2 bays, the other C17, with a linking chimney-stack.
On the 1st storey the C16 part has the remains of studding for
the former end wall, including the frame of a 3-light original
window with small square mortices for moulded mullions and a
rebate for a shutter. This window was blocked by a C17
chimney-stack with 3 further timber-framed bays beyond it: the
trusses have tie-beams with long arched braces. No.20A has the
main ceiling beams with a double ogee moulding in the shop
area and walls with flush panels and bolection moulded
surrounds.
The attic rooms on the street frontage have old 2-light
casement windows with square leaded panes and ornate
wrought-iron fittings.

Listing NGR: TL8539564108

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272459

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