Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564NW NORTHGATE STREET
639-1/3/494 (West side)
12/07/72 No.79

GV II

House, now shop. c1600. Timber-framed and roughcast rendered;
plaintiled roof.
EXTERIOR: part jettied with 2 storeys and attic; part lower,
unjettied, of 2 storeys. A one-and-a-half storey lean-to along
the back. The northern half has the jetty supported by small
solid brackets. 2 upper sash windows with a single vertical
glazing-bar to lights in a flush cased frame; a plate glass
shop window to the ground storey with the entrance door to one
side of it in a plain wood surround. The lower unjettied
southern half has one sash window to each storey with single
vertical glazing-bars in a flush cased frame.
INTERIOR: no cellar. No visible structure on the ground
storey. The rear wall has been removed but 2 main posts remain
encased in tiled pillars. On the upper storey these posts have
long jowled heads and formerly had arched braces. The upper
ceiling in the south end is very low and cuts across the line
of the sash window. Roofs not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8548764962

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647421

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)