Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WHITING STREET
639-1/15/734 (West side)
12/07/72 Premises occupied by Piano Workshop/
Salesroom behind No.65 and attached
wall
(Formerly Listed as:
WHITING STREET
(West side)
Premises occupied by Harpers Music
Saloons behind No 65)

II

Former snuff and tobacco factory, now workshop. C18. In kidney
flint with red brick dressings; tiled mansard roof with a
brick parapet and band.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; set back and at right angles to
the street. C20 replacement windows; double garage-type doors.
The flint walling continues on the east side in a stretch of
high garden wall which links up with the side of No.65 (qv).
To the west, a house adjoins the factory, now roughcast with a
flat roof following fire damage to the top storey in the
1960s.
INTERIOR: 3 bays on the ground storey and 2 bays above,
overlapping with the adjoining house. Open timber ceilings to
both storeys, with joists and cross-beams set on edge; roof
with rafters on edge and a ridge piece. To the west, a
cross-wing, formerly part of the house, but now a salesroom,
is in 4 bays with only the main ceiling beams exposed.

Listing NGR: TL8531063971

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389023

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)