Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET
639-1/14/130 (North side)
12/07/72 Nos.19 AND 20

GV II

A pair of shops with flats above, formerly a single house and
shop. Late C18. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, with a plain
parapet and moulded stucco cornice. Hipped plaintiled roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar. 3 window range: on the 2nd
storey 6-pane sashes in deep reveals; on the 1st storey a
central 12-pane sash and 2 large square mid-C19 bays replacing
the 2 outer sashes. These have a 'Venetian' form with an
arched central light and 2 narrow side lights divided by
slender columns. A raised stucco band below the 1st storey
windows is interrupted by these projecting bays. A central
6-panel door with raised fielded panels is approached up 3
stone steps; panelled reveals to altered surround. 4 fluted
pilasters of unusual design, surmounted by carved brackets,
are spaced across the ground storey.
The shop front of No.19 was modernised c1970, but No.20
retains its complete fascia with deeply-cut gilded lettering,
a vertical bar to the glazing and a panelled stall-board. This
front, according to photographs taken at the time, post-dates
the 1882 fire in Abbeygate Street. A 'Royal' insurance sign
between 2 of the first storey windows. Both halves of the
building have extensions at the rear.
INTERIOR: cellars below both halves of the building, extending
partly under the street. Remains of flint rubble walling with
some reused stone blocks. The partition wall has the stub ends
of older ceiling-beams, over which the present ceiling was
laid at the ground storey level of the house. Below No.19, is
a curious dome-shaped opening, rendered and formerly shelved,
about 5' high. The house was irregularly divided into 2 and
the original dog-leg staircase is now disused in No.19. It
extends to the 1st storey only, but initially reached to the
2nd storey: wide oak treads, slender turned balusters, and a
plain wreathed handrail inlaid with thin strips of a
contrasting wood. A large Diocletian window, partly blocked by
C20 fletton brickwork, lights the stair from the 2nd storey
rear.

Listing NGR: TL8542164223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614172

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