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Latitude: 52.2408 / 52°14'27"N
Longitude: 0.7127 / 0°42'45"E
OS Eastings: 585312
OS Northings: 263762
OS Grid: TL853637
Mapcode National: GBR QF0.F0K
Mapcode Global: VHKD4.9YM1
Plus Code: 9F426PR7+83
Entry Name: 23, Westgate Street
Listing Date: 12 July 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1142311
English Heritage Legacy ID: 467675
ID on this website: 101142311
Location: Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, IP33
County: Suffolk
District: West Suffolk
Civil Parish: Bury St Edmunds
Built-Up Area: Bury St Edmunds
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Bury St Edmunds St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
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BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8563NW WESTGATE STREET
639-1/15/672 (South side)
12/07/72 No.23
GV II
House. C16 and C17, altered in the early C19. Timber-framed;
fronted in white brick; plaintiled roof. A large plain end
chimney-stack on the west.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellar, with a 2-storey rear
wing. 2 window range: 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames
with segmental arches to frames and surrounds. A 6-panel door
with a shallow fanlight has a doorcase with pilasters and a
flat cornice hood on moulded brackets. A recessed foot-scraper
in the wall by the entrance door.
INTERIOR: small brick-lined cellar. The front ground storey
room has square Jacobean panelling, discovered during
restoration in the 1970s, which covers one wall and forms a
dado to another. Fireplace with a reeded surround. Moulded
plaster cornice. Early C19 stair with stick balusters and
ramped and moulded handrail.
On the upper storey the back wall has good C16 studding with a
shallow cranked tension brace pegged to the studs and a middle
rail with assembly marks. The C17 timber-framed rear wing is
butted up against this wall: it has some original studding and
a rebuilt end wall in C20 brick. It was probably originally
open to the roof and the ceiling joists may be a C20
insertion. All the roof timbers are concealed. On the south
side the house overlaps with a small timber-framed wing
forming part of No.24 (qv).
Listing NGR: TL8531263762
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