Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8663SW SICKLESMERE ROAD
639-1/12/544 (East side)
12/07/72 No.13
The Fort

II

House, formerly for the governor of the gaol, now divided into
flats. 1803; by George Byfield for the then governor, John
Orridge. Red brick with a moulded brick dentil cornice; now
with a C20 penthouse roof. Originally at the centre of
radiating wings containing the prison cells. Square, with wide
splayed corners.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar. 3 window range to each front,
small-paned sashes, mostly C20 replacements; many blocked. A
single window to each storey of the splayed corners, those to
the ground storey tripartite. All the ground storey windows
are set into shallow segmental-arched recesses with a stucco
band at impost level. The entrance door, which is late C20,
fully glazed, with 2 leaves is approached by a flight of stone
steps flanked by low walls. A mid-C20 flat-roofed and rendered
2-storey extension on the west.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 154).

Listing NGR: TL8633463062

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428567

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments