35, 36 AND 37, SOUTHGATE STREET

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NE SOUTHGATE STREET 639-1/11/562 (East side) Nos.35A, 36 AND 37

GV II

A row of 3 houses, formerly almshouses. C16 and C17 with C20 exteriors. Timber-framed and rendered; fully hipped plaintiled roofs. 2 internal chimney-stacks with plain red brick shafts. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar to part. 3 window range: all C20 replacements, those to No.36 with metal frames. One small additional window to the upper storey. 3 C20 entrance doors. A small hipped C16 2-storey wing at the rear of No.35A, and 2-storey extensions to Nos 36 and 37. INTERIOR: cellar to No.35A with walls lined in old brick, flint and stone covered with old render. Original joists are set flat and unchamfered. 2 wide shallow niches with 4-centred arched heads in the north side wall and a retaining arch below the chimney-stack. No.35A consists of a front range and rear wing, both of similar date, linked by the internal chimney-stack. On the ground storey both ceilings have plain unchamfered joists set flat and the main beam is supported by short solid brackets. The chimney-stack appears to be an insertion. The remains of an original window along the south side wall. On the upper storey the bay arrangement overlaps with the adjoining house. Nos 36 and 37 have high ceilings to the ground storey rooms; main beams, posts and middle rails only exposed. Modernised fireplaces. On the upper storey indications of changes to the layout with tie-beams moved and the main posts with tenons cut off. Roofs inaccessible.

Listing NGR: TL8596263542