Number 16 And Attached Wall

Number 16 is a house located on Westgate Street in Bury St Edmunds, dating from the 18th century, with parts that are older. It has a timber-framed structure, fronted with 18th-century white brick and topped with a slate roof featuring a wood modillion eaves cornice. The building has three storeys, with the second storey being an addition, and a two-storey rear section that is rendered.

The exterior displays four windows on the ground and first storeys, all of which are 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames. The second storey features two 6-pane sash windows. The entrance consists of a six-panel door with a unique original knocker shaped like an Egyptian head, set within a doorcase that has panelled reveals, a shouldered architrave, and a dentilled pediment supported by moulded and enriched console brackets. The upper storey at the back also has 12-pane sash windows in flush cased frames, along with a single-storey lean-to that includes Edwardian small-paned French doors. A small wing at the east end has 16-pane sash windows.

Attached to the north-west corner of the house is a high garden wall that connects to the side of Number 17. This wall is made of red brick on the inner face and white brick with plain pilasters and a coping along the street front.

Inside, there is a cellar on two levels: the west side features a 19th-century vaulted brick ceiling, while the east side has a timber ceiling with renewed joists. The front range retains a timber-framed core, with main beams now boxed and panelled, and moulded wood cornices. Internal window shutters have sunk panels. An additional room on the west side is beyond a wide panelled segmental arch. Some main timbers are exposed on the first storey of the front range. The early 19th-century geometric staircase rises two storeys and features stick balusters, open bracketed strings, and a wreathed handrail. The rear wing has a chimney stack on the east wall made of Tudor and 17th-century bricks, likely reused.