115 And 116, Northgate Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE NORTHGATE STREET 639-1/8/503 (East side) 07/08/52 Nos.115 AND 116 (Formerly Listed as: NORTHGATE STREET (East side) Nos.114-117 (Consecutive))

GV II

A pair of houses in matching style, probably originally one house. Early-to-mid C19 with a C15/C16 core. White brick front; rendered north gable; slate roof in 2 parallel ranges with a wide modillion eaves soffit at the front; partly timber-framed interior. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellars. 4 window range, all sashes: 12-pane in flush cased frames to the top storey, the remainder without glazing-bars in shallow reveals with stone sills. Raised stucco bands run between the storeys. 2 6-panel doors with plain rectangular fanlights and wood doorcases, No.115 with plain Tuscan pilasters and cornice, No.116 with fluted engaged columns, triglyph frieze and cornice. The rear wall is rendered and lined; sash windows in flush cased frames: 3 on the 2nd storey and 5 on the 1st storey, mainly 12-pane, but 3 with a single vertical glazing-bar. INTERIOR: the division into 2 is very irregular, with No.116 the larger house. During restoration in 1991 one bay with heavy flat unchamfered joists was uncovered within the entrance hall but is now covered. The timber frame extends into the adjoining bay where there is a boxed and moulded main beam. The remaining features within No.116 are all of the early C19. A large drawing room, formerly with an adjoining ante-room, extends across the whole of the back range on the 1st storey. The stair has moulded newels, stick balusters and a ramped and wreathed handrail. Interior of No.115 not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8558664458