25 And 26, Hatter Street

25 and 26 Hatter Street are two buildings located in Bury St Edmunds. No. 25 was originally a house and later became a shop and printing works alongside No. 26. The rear wall of the buildings is medieval, possibly dating back to the Norman period, while the front sections were constructed in the early and later 19th century. No. 25 features white brick with a stuccoed ground floor and 20th-century Roman tiles, topped with a paired bracketed eaves cornice.

The exterior consists of three storeys and a cellar. The upper front is divided into three bays by broad plain pilasters, with a stucco band at the first storey and a moulded stone band at the second-storey sill level. There are three windows on the upper floors, featuring 12-pane sashes in plain reveals with flat gauged arches at the first storey. The top storey, which is an addition, has small-paned sliding sashes. The ground-storey windows are three-light, small-paned, with segmental-arched heads and heavy dividing mullions, and there is a raised stucco band at impost level. A recessed central double door has a segmental-headed fanlight supported by Ionic columns.

No. 26 is roughcast-rendered with a boarded parapet and also has three storeys. The upper storeys feature a continuous range of small-paned sliding sash windows. The ground storey includes a double 19th-century shop front with a plain fascia and blind box, along with a recessed door. To the right, there is a six-panel door with a blank rectangular fanlight.

The medieval rear wall of both buildings is notably thick in parts, constructed from flint and stone rubble at the ground and first storeys, which includes the remains of a blocked original window with chamfered stone jambs and a timber lintel. The second storey is an addition made of red brick with reused stone blocks. The interior of the buildings contains no visible features predating the 19th century.