7, 8 And 9, St Johns Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564NW ST JOHN'S STREET 639-1/3/599 (West side) 12/07/72 Nos.7, 8 AND 9

GV II

House; now divided into shops, with storage above. C15, with C16 and later alterations. Timber-framed and rendered; old plaintiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. A much-altered house of Wealden type, originally with a 2-bay open hall flanked by a jettied wing on the north, the whole under a single roof-line. In the C16 the northern bay of the hall was ceiled over and jettied. The remaining recessed hall bay has the overhang of the roof supported by small solid brackets. The upper storey has no window and there is no internal access to it from below or from the buildings on either side. The ground storey contains shop premises which overlap on the south into No.6 (qv). The 2 jettied bays, now divided between Nos 8 and 9, both contain shop premises. The 1st storey has 3 large- paned sash windows in flush cased frames. 3 segmental-headed lead-covered dormers with rendered cheeks have 2-light casement windows with a single bar to lights. C20 shop fronts on the ground storey. INTERIOR: No.8 has exposed timbers to each storey, part of the original rear wall with studding, and a later rear extension beyond it. A main beam has mortices for a former service end partition. No original features are exposed in No.9, but during restoration of the adjoining property the roof was seen to have a plain crown-post.

Listing NGR: TL8522164504