Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW WHITING STREET
639-1/14/733 (West side)
12/07/72 No.89

GV II

House, now offices. C17 and early C19. Timber-framed core;
brick front, now painted. Plaintiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attics; front in 3-and-a-half
bays with a large internal chimney-stack. 3 window range:
12-pane sashes in flush cased frames. 2 early C19 shop windows
to ground storey with glazing-bars, plain pilasters and
cornices. 3 flat-headed dormers, 2 with 2-light single bar
casements, one on left with a small-paned sliding sash window.
A C20 glazed central door with an early C19 doorcase has
narrow reeded pilasters and a shallow cornice.
INTERIOR: cellar, below the right half of the front, with
walls of flint rubble and brick, rendered, has a heavy
supporting timber ceiling with joists set flat. This has been
used as a bakehouse/brewhouse and has a large timber lintel to
a former fireplace, partly infilled by a later copper, etc.
On the ground storey the stack has been tunnelled through to
give access to the rear. To the left of the entry is a
fragment of timber partition wall; the remaining timbers are
concealed or boxed in.
On the 1st storey, the remains of a large timber lintel on the
right side of the stack and 2 boxed-in main beams not related
to the position of the stack. To the left of the stack the
floor level is lower, with main posts and a tie-beam exposed.
Roof timbers all covered.

Listing NGR: TL8530164153

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425565

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