62 And 63, Guildhall Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW GUILDHALL STREET 639-1/15/387 (West side) 12/07/72 Nos.62 AND 63

GV II

House, now divided into 2. Late C17/early C18 front range, older rear to No.63. Timber-framed and rendered; plaintiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attic. Each half of the house has one window to each storey: No.62 has a sash to the upper storey with marginal glazing in a flush cased frame and a former 8-pane C19 shop window to the ground storey with a wood surround with plain pilasters and cornice. A gabled dormer has shaped bargeboards, a hanging finial and a 2-light single bar casement window. Recessed 6-panel door in a heavy wood doorcase with panelled reveals, plain pilasters and flat cornice hood, similar to that above the former shop window. No.63 has a 16-pane sash to the 1st storey and a longer 12-pane sash to the ground storey, both in flush cased frames. Entrance door on the north end, in a flat-roofed single storey section of No.64 (qv) adjoining, has a plain rendered surround and a rectangular fanlight. INTERIOR: No.62: brick arched cellar below rear has walling of rendered flint along the north wall and alcoves. The front ground storey room has a boxed ceiling beam and corner fireplace. A later rear wing has softwood beams and there is a 2-storey lean-to addition. Attic with alate side purlin roof without a ridge-piece. No.63 also has a cellar below the rear wing: walls of flint with thick old render, renewed ceiling. No features exposed in front range. The entrance door leads into a narrow passage with the original side wall on the left replaced by a series of brick arches. 2-bay C15 rear wing, with timbers exposed in walls and ceiling, has an original doorway on the north side with renewed arched spandrels. The ground storey ceiling is inserted, some joists being reused rafters. Collared rafters to the roof above, but no smoke-blackening. A narrow timber-framed section to the north of the rear wing links the house with the back range of No.64 (qv).

Listing NGR: TL8527663854