Newells

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NE SOUTHGATE STREET 639-1/11/553 (East side) 12/07/72 No.8 Newells

GV II

House. Early C17 and early C18. Timber-framed and rendered with roughcast on the west gable and a C20 plaintiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys: 3 bays; set gable-on to the street. The 1st storey has one 16-pane sash window in a flush cased frame. The ground storey has a square bay supported on wooden posts with a small-paned former shop window . The doorcase has a moulded architrave and a flat cornice hood. The 6-panel door is now half glazed. A red brick chimney-stack at the rear has 2 attached square shafts set diagonally on a square base. INTERIOR: a small cellar below the west bay has walls of flint rubble and random brick; flat joists exposed in part. It contains the supporting base of a chimney-stack in C18 brick but the fireplace on the ground storey has been partly blocked and the shaft of the chimney removed. The 2 rear bays have exposed plain ceiling joists and main beam and studding along the north wall. Fireplace infilled with blue and white Delft tiles. The upper fireplace has a rounded back and small timber lintel; traces of original red ochre colouring and lining on the brick. On the upper storey some exposed studding in the apex of the gable. To give sufficient upper headroom the open truss has no tie-beam: the principal rafters rest on the backs of the main posts and are linked by a low collar. Much-altered roof structure; insertions of the C18 and later, including a ridge-piece.

Listing NGR: TL8585463729