96 And 96A, Northgate Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564NE NORTHGATE STREET 639-1/4/496 (East side) 13/03/87 Nos.96 AND 96A (Formerly Listed as: NORTHGATE STREET (East side) No.96A)

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House, now used as doctors' surgeries with a flat above. c1600; altered in the C18 and extensively restored in the late C20. Timber-framed with roughcast render; concrete plaintiled roof, raised in C18, mansard, half hipped. Basically, a 2-cell lobby entrance plan with internal chimney-stack: 4 attached hexagonal shafts with corbelled heads, partly obscured by the later roof-raising. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. Mixed random fenestration. Most windows are now C20 replacements: small-paned casements to the 1st storey and 3 12-pane sash windows to the ground storey; all windows with slight reveals. One half-glazed C20 door. At the rear, a 2-storey lean-to extension, basically in red brick. The brick was formerly painted and the back wall had areas of older random brick with a mixture of Abbey stone, all covered since restoration by render. INTERIOR: the main range is in 3 bays, including a narrow chimney-bay, with some plain framing exposed: chamfered main beams on the ground storey and unchamfered joists set flat. The stair to the upper floors has been resited in a new porch extension on the south side. On the 1st storey, studding and main posts with long jowls along the front wall with evidence of fire damage. Upper ceilings with widely-spaced joists set on edge. The C18 mansard roof has bisected rafters and straight braces. Within the attic the chimney-stack is of Tudor brick.

Listing NGR: TL8551064812