49, Crown Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE CROWN STREET 639-1/8/318 (West side) 07/08/52 No.49

GV II

House. C18 front and early C19 roof-raising; earlier core. Timber-framed, faced in white brick; plaintiled roof with a moulded eaves cornice. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar. 5 window range: 12-pane sashes to the ground and 1st storeys, all in flush cased frames with flat gauged arches. A raised stucco band runs below the 2nd-storey windows, which are 6-pane in flush cased frames. A further stucco band between the ground and 1st storey windows. The northern part of the front, beyond the central entrance door, is set back slightly, suggesting that 2 houses may have been made into one. A recessed door with 6 raised fielded panels has a fine fanlight with decorative glazing and a wooden doorcase with panelled reveals, pilasters and an open pediment. 2 arched cellar openings within the plinth. INTERIOR: no part of the timber frame is exposed inside, the interior having been entirely Georgianised. Stair to 1st storey with turned balusters, closed strings and wreathed moulded handrail. Windows with internal panelled shutters; 6-panelled doors with eared architraves. On the top storey the balustrade to the stair is in Chinese style. In the northern ground storey room, a fine Greek Revival plaster frieze and cornice with circular paterae between the triglyphs. The top storey of the front range is an addition with a C19 roof; a lower rear range at right-angles has a C18 side-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TL8556164008