Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE ATHENAEUM LANE
639-1/8/190 (East side)
No.7

GV II

House. C16 core; C18 alterations and a C19 extension.
Timber-framed and rendered; C20 plaintiles.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; 5 bays. The building abuts to
the north and east on the Athenaeum (qv). The Athenaeum Lane
frontage has random fenestration, including a 5-light
continuous row of casement windows, part leaded, one 4-pane
sliding-sash window to the upper storey, and a 6-pane sash
window in a flush cased frame to the ground storey. The south
end has a lean-to extension in red brick with an admixture of
stone blocks and contains a large paired C20 replacement
18-pane sash window with a flush cased frame. A C20 extension
along the east side.
INTERIOR: cellar, lined with limestone blocks, is partly
tunnelled and partly roofed with very heavy timber joists. In
a niche, part of one reused medieval pillar. No timbers are
exposed on the ground storey, but in both storeys there is a
quantity of square Jacobean panelling. At the south end of the
upper storey an open truss with straight tie-beam and solid
arched braces suggests that the frame either extended further
south or abutted against a former building. A long tension
brace in the front wall. At the north end the walls of the
upper room have C18 panelling with long upper panels and
raised fielded panels to the dado. The roof contains some old
timbers but is largely renewed. This seems to be the oldest
building on the Athenaeum site.

Listing NGR: TL8552464118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657501

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas