Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW WHITING STREET
639-1/14/697 (East side)
12/07/72 No.14
The Masons Arms Public House

GV II

Public house. Early C16. Timber-framed; faced in alternating
sections of plain and fluted C19 weatherboarding. Shallow
pitched roof of asbestos slates.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellars; formerly with a hall range
and 2 cross-wings. 4 window to the 1st storey: 12-pane sash
windows in flush cased frames. 3 windows on the ground storey:
2 tripartite sashes and one plain sash, each with a single
vertical glazing bar to the main lights. A moulded architrave
and cornice to the doorway. A rendered cross-wing at the rear.
INTERIOR: brick-lined cellar. On the ground storey all the
ceiling timbers are exposed in the centre 2 bays of the former
hall: chamfered main cross-beams with curved stepped stops,
unchamfered joists set flat. The cross-wing at the south end
has very heavy studding along its north wall with the infill
removed, and the centre section is butted up against it with
simply a main beam and middle rail to its frame. The rear of
this wing now forms part of the back premises of No.15 (qv),
which adjoins on the south. The wing on the north has only the
main beams exposed. There is said to be no timbering exposed
on the upper storey.

Listing NGR: TL8532764060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Masons Arms Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26619113

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)