44, Crown Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NE CROWN STREET 639-1/11/314 (West side) 07/08/52 No.44

GV II

Formerly known as: The Three Tuns Inn CROWN STREET. House, later an inn, since 1949 offices. Late C17 core; C18 alterations and C20 rear extensions. Timber-framed and rendered; fully hipped plaintiled roof with wide eaves overhang and coved plaster eaves cornice; internal chimney-stack. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellars. 5 window range: 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames which replace cross windows with square leaded panes removed in the 1960s. A central entrance, up 4 stone steps with plain cast-iron handrailing, has a reeded wooden surround and a flat hood on curved brackets; a door with 6 raised fielded panels and a plain rectangular fanlight. INTERIOR: the large cellars are lined with flint and brick and have stone blocks in part of the walling. One upper fireplace has a bolection-moulded surround of c1700. The building suffered extensive fire damage in 1949.

Listing NGR: TL8555963971