Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8554SW CHURCHGATE STREET
639-1/14/257 (South side)
12/07/72 Nos.53 AND 54

GV II

A pair of semi-detached houses. Early C19. White brick,
rendered over on the east gable wall and painted on the facade
of No.54. Slate roofs with a wide plain eaves cornice.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellars and attics. 4 window range,
arranged 1:2:1 with the 2 outer bays breaking forward
slightly: sashes in deep reveals with flat gauged arches.
No.53 has one blocked upper window and the remaining windows
have a single vertical glazing-bar; No.54 has 12-pane sashes.
A raised stone band runs below the 1st storey windows.
An entrance door in each of the projecting outer bays has a
plain semicircular-headed brick surround with plain reveals, a
6-panel door with sunk moulded panels and a fanlight with
radial glazing-bars. 2 lead-covered flat-headed dormers: No.53
with a 2-light casement window, No.54 with a 6-pane sash
window.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
In Thomas Warren's map of 1791 the plot on which these houses
stand is shown as open garden ground.

Listing NGR: TL8538464032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540445

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)