Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW HATTER STREET
639-1/14/417 (East side)
07/08/52 No.5
Chantry House

GV II

House. C18 with C17 or earlier core. Red brick front with a
parapet and stone cornice; timber-framed and rendered rear.
Slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars. 4 window range: sashes
without glazing-bars in flush cased frames, except for 2
windows on the 2nd storey which have 6 panes. Entrance door,
with 6 raised fielded panels and a semicircular fanlight with
enriched radiating glazing-bars, set in a doorcase with
panelled reveals, panelled pilasters and an open pediment.
Complex rendered rear with several gables.
INTERIOR: mainly Georgian. Panelled dados in entrance hall,
full height panelling to 2 ground storey rooms with torus
mouldings to the panels. 4-panel doors throughout, with sunk
panels and applied mouldings, in surrounds with eared
architraves. One bolection moulded fireplace surround on the
upper storey. A fine stair of c1700 rises 2 storeys:
barley-sugar twist balusters, closed and moulded strings,
heavy square newels and moulded flat handrail. One wing at the
rear has a high exposed C17 main beam, off centre.

Listing NGR: TL8541764123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539094

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)