Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW WHITING STREET
639-1/14/731 (West side)
12/07/72 No.86

GV II

House, now consulting rooms and offices. C17; late C18 front
with a parapet and cornice with paired mutules. Plaintiled
roof. A large internal chimney-stack with a plain rectangular
red brick shaft.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attics; 3 window range: sashes
with a single vertical glazing bar in flush cased frames. 2
flat-headed dormers. A 6-panel door with a plain rectangular
fanlight has a wood doorcase with a cornice supported on
enriched console brackets.
INTERIOR: cellar below the whole of the front range, mainly in
rubble flint and old render with a vaulted brick arch at one
end and stone blocks in the north end wall. The timber frame
is in 4 bays with the main components exposed on the 1st
storey: main posts with long jowls; a cambered tie-beam at the
south end, possibly related to the adjoining house; the
remaining tie-beams chamfered with curved stops.
A 3-storey C19 rear range in painted brick has a pitched slate
roof. 2 window range: 12-pane sashes to 1st storey with
segmental-arched heads and deep reveals; C19 casement windows
in flush frames to 2nd storey. An end chimney-stack on the
north with a plain rectangular red brick shaft. The front and
rear ranges are linked by an early C19 stair with stick
balusters, wreathed handrails and column newels which divides
into 2 flights at the half landing.

Listing NGR: TL8530164130

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425549

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