Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW CHURCHGATE STREET
639-1/14/243 (North side)
12/07/72 No.29

GV II

Shop with flat above, formerly a house. Mid C16 core, raised
and fronted in the early C19. Timber-framed and formerly
jettied, faced in white brick; slate roof with paired
modillion eaves soffit.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar; one bay; extension at rear.
One window to each upper storey, a 16-pane sash with deep
reveals, flat gauged arch and stone sill to the 1st storey,
and a similar 6-pane sash to the 2nd storey. A small early C19
shop front, with fluted pilasters and a cornice fascia, has a
C20 plate glass window and is set between 2 flanking doors,
that on the right leading into a passageway divided off to
give access to the rear yard. Within the passageway an
original end wall with widely-spaced, substantial studs and
plain joists set flat. The main beam has bracketing for the
former jetty. Within the shop, a main beam in the side wall on
the west is chamfered on both sides, with curved step stops,
and originally formed the centre beam of a 2-bay room which
extended into what is now the adjoining property, No.28 (qv).

Listing NGR: TL8547164071

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540361

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)