Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WHITING STREET
639-1/15/721 (West side)
07/08/52 No.67

GV II

House. C16 and C18. Timber-framed and rendered in roughcast
panels. Plaintiled roof with modillion eaves cornice.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; attic to front range. 2 window
range: sashes with a single vertical glazing bar in flush
cased frames to each storey. 2 hipped dormers with 2-light
4-paned casement windows.
Central entrance door up steps with a Gibbs style surround to
the doorcase surmounted by a triangular pediment. Plain
reveals. 6-panel door with the top 2 panels glazed. An
internal chimney-stack links the front with a 2-storey rear
wing: this has two 12-pane sash windows to the south side of
the ground storey with heavy ovolo-moulded glazing-bars in
flush cased frames, and 2 old 2-light 4-pane casement windows
to the 1st storey. An end chimney-stack.
INTERIOR: a brick lined cellar with some stone blocks and the
remains of an original timber ceiling. Plain early C18 front
range. The rear wing is in 2 bays, formerly divided into 2
heated rooms, but now made into one, with the infilling
between the studs in the partition wall removed, revealing
very heavy studding.
One fireplace has a plain timber lintel, the other a
bolection-moulded surround. On the upper storey, the main
timbers are exposed: cambered tie-beams, rebates for shutters
in both wallplates; roof covered. The front range has an attic
roof in 5 bays, with clasped purlins and straight collars, but
rafters covered.

Listing NGR: TL8532063982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388978

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