St Marys House

St Mary's House is a late 18th century to early 19th century house located in Bury St Edmunds. It is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a slate roof that features a moulded eaves cornice. The building has two storeys and cellars.

On the exterior, there are three 16-pane sash windows in flush cased frames on the first storey, and two tripartite sash windows on the ground storey. The central ground storey window has 12 panes, while the two smaller side windows have 8 panes each. The entrance is a central 6-panel door, accessed by four steps with cast-iron wreathed handrails, and is set within a plain segmental-arched surround. The fanlight above the door has radiating glazing bars and is supported by plain columns. At the back, there is a 19th century two-storey rear wing that has been shortened.

Inside, the house was used by several wine and spirit merchants during the 19th century and features extensive cellars with flint walls and brick vaulting. Some of the brickwork is Tudor, but most dates from the 19th century. On the ground storey, there is a fine Adam style fireplace surround in the room to the right of the entrance, and a simpler surround with fluted half-columns in the room above. At the rear of the entrance hall, there is a good winder stair with bracketed open strings, stick balusters, and a wreathed handrail. The windows have panelled reveals and internal shutters. Historical records suggest that entries related to this site date back to 1759, but the current structure appears to have been rebuilt around 1790.