Description

TL8564SW
639-1/14/219
12/07/72

BURY ST EDMUNDS
BUTTERMARKET
(East side)
Nos.25 AND 26

GV
II

2 shops with storage above, formerly a house. Late C16/early
C17 with an early C19 front. Timber-framed and rendered; slate
roof with a paired modillion eaves cornice. 3 window range:
small-paned sashes in flush cased frames. 2 C20 shop fronts on
the ground storey.
INTERIOR: No.25 has a fine ornate original late C16/early C17
plaster ceiling on the 1st storey in good condition: heavily
moulded panels have pendant bosses with acanthus-leaf
decoration at their intersections and fleur-de-lys, sprays of
oak leaves and vines in low relief within them. 2
wall-paintings dated to c1610 were found on a chimney-breast
in 1956. One was restored and resited within the building
until its removal during extensive work on the interior in the
1980s.

Listing NGR: TL8532564298

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26282494

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Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)