Rose And Crown Public House

The Rose and Crown Public House, incorporating numbers 50, 51, and 52 Rose and Crown Public House, is located on a corner site in Whiting Street, Bury St Edmunds, with a return front to Westgate Street. The building dates back to the 17th century, likely with a 15th-century core, and has undergone alterations, particularly in the 19th century.

The pub is timber-framed, with the ground storey encased in red brick and the upper storey faced in alternating bands of plain and ornamental tiles. It has a plaintiled roof. The building consists of two ranges, one featuring a wide gable with fluted bargeboards and a hanging finial. The fenestration is random, including various 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor and smaller-paned casement windows on the upper floor. Two dormers, both with fluted bargeboards, ornate ridge tiles, and small-paned 2-light casement windows, are visible, one facing Whiting Street and one facing Westgate Street. Four doors are present, one on Whiting Street with a plain surround and flat pediment.

The cellar below the Whiting Street range has been completely modernised. Number 52 Westgate Street is a separate, derelict cottage containing a section of plain, unchamfered flat 16th-century joists and one main beam exposed on the ground storey, along with some visible rafters and a clasped purlin roof. The remainder of the Westgate Street range shows clear evidence of 17th-century heightening, with remains of joists and a tie-beam at a lower level. The evidence of frame raising extends into the Whiting Street range, where the lower original wallplate is visible and main posts have had tie-beams removed. Later main posts feature jowled heads and the remains of long arched braces. On the ground storey of the Whiting Street range, the main beams are substantial, some of which are encased. Roof access is not available. Although limited framing is exposed, it suggests each range may have contained an open hall originally.