Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE CHEQUER SQUARE
639-1/8/228 (South side)
07/08/52 Nos.1 AND 2

GV II

A pair of houses, joined on the east with a splayed corner to
No.50 Crown Street (qv). 1840. Rendered brick front, red brick
to sides and rear. Slate roof. An internal chimney-stack with
a plain rectangular white brick shaft.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basements. 5 window range: 12-pane
sashes with semicircular arched heads to the ground and 1st
storeys, and 9-pane sashes to the top storey, all in plain
reveals. The 1st-storey windows are set into arched recesses
and have cast-iron balconies in Neo-Greek style with
palmettes. Doorways with semicircular arched heads; 2
4-panelled doors have fanlights with radiating glazing-bars.
The basement openings below the ground-storey windows have
cast-iron grilles in front with ornate balusters. It is known
that the houses were built in 1840 from the Minutes of the
Paving Commissioners, which record a dispute about the
balconies overhanging the pavement.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8555164026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540290

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)