5, Brentgovel Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW BRENTGOVEL STREET 639-1/7/193 (North side) 07/05/81 No.5

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Shop. Late C16; exterior and extensions at the rear of 1970s and 1980s. Timber-framed and rendered; C20 plaintiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; the original front range in 2 bays with an end chimney-stack. Exterior with a wide jetty, sash windows to the upper storey, and heavy woodwork in traditional style to the shop front. INTERIOR: on the ground storey the main beam and the cross-beam in front of the chimney-stack have double roll-mouldings. On the upper storey the frame is exposed, and complete on the rear and west side wall. Close-studding with arched braces and housings for two 3-light diamond-mullioned windows along the front wall. Chamfered main beams, joists on edge. A plain timber lintel to the open fireplace. An edge-halved and bridled scarf joint in the rear wallplate. Clasped purlin roof, visible because the plaster between the joists has been removed, in 3 bays with one collar missing.

Listing NGR: TL8527264421