45, ABBEYGATE STREET (See details for further address information)

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET 639-1/14/145 (South side) 12/07/72 No.45

GV II

Includes: No.28 HATTER STREET. 2 shops, one on the ground storey, the other on the first storey approached from No.28 Hatter Street. Late C16/early C17 core, refronted in the C18. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar to the one-bay Abbeygate Street frontage, In 2 separate ranges, both timber-framed and rendered with C20 double Roman tiled roof. 2 storeys and attic to the 3-bay Hatter Street front. A single 12-pane sash window in a flush cased frame to the front and another to the gable end of the Abbeygate Street range. The shop front overlaps partly with the ground storey of No.46 and extends round a quadrant corner into Hatter Street, formerly with a corner entrance, now blocked. It has a moulded fascia supported by console brackets, windows divided by plain vertical bars, and panelled stall-boards. A recessed entrance door to Abbeygate Street. The Hatter Street range has two 12-pane sash windows in flush cased frames to the upper storey and 2 small-paned tripartite sashes with diminished side-lights to the ground storey. A single flat-headed lead-covered dormer with a 6-pane sash window. The recessed entrance door at the south-end is approached up 3 stone steps: semicircular-arched doorway with panelled reveals, Edwardian 4-panelled door, unusual star form to the radiating glazing-bars of the fanlight. INTERIOR: the cellar wall along the Abbeygate Street frontage has a base of stone blocks with some coursed flint above, old render, and renewed ceiling beams. No other original features are exposed.

Listing NGR: TL8538564190