Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW WHITING STREET
639-1/15/714 (West side)
12/07/72 No.57

II

House. Early C17. Timber-framed and rendered; plaintiled roof.
A gable end chimney-stack with a plain red brick shaft.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2 windows to the 1st storey:
both 2-light small-paned casements. One sash window to the
ground storey with a single vertical glazing-bar in a moulded
flush cased frame. One gabled dormer with a 2-light
small-paned casement window to the front slope of the roof and
another on the rear slope. Slightly recessed 6-panelled door
with the top 2 panels glazed in a wood surround with plain
reveals. A C19 single storey lean to extension at the rear was
raised to 2 full storeys in the 1980s.
INTERIOR: no cellar. Frame in 2 bays. The north end is butted
up against a pre-existent building and has only the main
components of the frame with no studding. On the ground storey
the chimney-stack has original early C17 bricks and mortar and
a plain lintel, chamfered, with curved stops. The main
ceiling-beam has ovolo moulding.
On the 1st storey the main ceiling beam and trimmers have
ovolo mouldings and a type of jewel stop with groove. The
upper wall at the north end had traces of external pargeting
prior to recent restoration. The roof retains original rafters
but the form of construction is not clear.

Listing NGR: TL8534063847

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389044

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)