Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW GUILDHALL STREET 639-1/15/396 (West side) 07/08/52 No.74 Portland House

GV II

House, now divided into flats. Early to mid C18. Timber-framed, fronted in red brick; plaintiled roof with a wood modillion eaves cornice. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attics and cellar. 5 window range, arranged 2:1:2 with the centre breaking forward slightly: all 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames with flat gauged arches. A raised brick band between the storeys and another immediately below the cornice. 3 hipped dormers have small-paned casement windows. The recessed central 6-panel door is set in a Gibbs surround with rusticated architraves, cornice and pediment. INTERIOR: not inspected, but said to have been completely modernised, with all historic features concealed or removed. (BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 151).



Listing NGR: TL8525463984

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)