Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8663SW SOUTHGATE STREET
639-1/12/566 (East side)
12/07/72 No.71

GV II

House. Late C15/early C16 with C18 front. Timber-framed and
formerly jettied; faced in red brick; roughcast render to
south side. Roof with C20 single Roman tiles and a modillion
eaves cornice.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attic. 3 window range: sashes
with single vertical glazing bars in flush cased frames with
flat gauged arches. A 6-panel door has panelled pilasters and
a pediment on enriched console brackets.
INTERIOR: modernised cellar with rendered walls has
segmental-arched niches all round. Frame in 3 bays. The north
and centre bays have exposed timbers and ceilings: on the
ground storey main cross-beams with a wide chamfer and
closely-set unchamfered joists. The main beam of the central
truss has a dovetail housing for a missing main post.
On the upper storey the end walls have tension braces halved
against the studs. Crown-post roof: plain crown-post with
short braces to the collar-purlin; end trusses with additional
short downward-sloping braces from posts to tie-beams. The end
bay on the south is a later addition with most framing
concealed.

Listing NGR: TL8613963323

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562010

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]