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Chequer House

A Grade II Listed Building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2433 / 52°14'36"N

Longitude: 0.7161 / 0°42'57"E

OS Eastings: 585530

OS Northings: 264048

OS Grid: TL855640

Mapcode National: GBR QF0.7W2

Mapcode Global: VHKD4.CWD4

Plus Code: 9F426PV8+8C

Entry Name: Chequer House

Listing Date: 7 August 1952

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1248047

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466697

ID on this website: 101248047

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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Description



BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE CHEQUER SQUARE
639-1/8/230 (West side)
07/08/52 No.4
Chequer House

GV II

House, now divided into flats with a shop on part of the first
storey. Early C19 with core of c1700. White brick; slate roof
with parapet and cornice.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars, which also run below No.5
(not included). 5 window range, arranged 2:1:2 with the centre
breaking forward slightly. The first storey windows extend to
floor level and are set into semicircular-headed recesses with
stucco impost bands. All windows are 12-pane sashes with flat
gauged heads and deep reveals. A cast-iron balcony with ornate
railings runs across the whole first storey front.
The central doorway has a 6-panelled double door with circular
middle panels and a fanlight with ornamental glazing which is
set into a shallow double-arched recess with plain stucco
impost bands. A late C19 2-storey rear extension in white
brick with slate roof.
INTERIOR: the cellar, divided into 3 sections, is mainly lined
with old bricks; some flint rubble along the front wall.
Reused ceiling-beams, some with C16 mouldings. The outstanding
feature of the interior is the fine late C17/early C18 open
well stair with heavy barley-sugar twist balusters, plain
moulded handrail, square newel posts, moulded closed strings
and panelled dado. It rises the whole height of the house and
terminates in a balustrade across the landing of the top
storey. The panels of the dado were mainly replaced in the
early C19, but several sections with bolection-moulded
surrounds survive, and on the 1st storey the 6-panel doors
have bolection-moulding to the architraves. This building
stands on the site of the former Chequer Inn.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-:
150-151).


Listing NGR: TL8553064048

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