8 And 8A, The Traverse

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW THE TRAVERSE 639-1/14/636 Nos.8 AND 8A 12/07/72 (Formerly Listed as: THE TRAVERSE (East side) No.8)

GV II

House, now a shop. No.8A covers most of the upper storeys and contains 3 flats. Early C19 front, mid-to-late C16 core. Timber-framed; fronted in early C19 white brick with a plain parapet and moulded stone cornice. Roof tiled and steeply pitched. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attics. 3 window range: 12-pane sashes to both upper storeys in plain reveals with flat gauged arches. One segmental-headed dormer. A C20 shop front to the ground storey has ornate C19 console brackets at each end of the fascia. The Skinner Street frontage has 2 small-paned sliding sash windows to the 2nd storey. INTERIOR: extensive cellars with large chamfered main beams. One small vaulted section on a lower level, in flint and Tudor brick, runs below the street. The 2-bay front range, which was probably originally jettied, has main cross-beams with a shallow multiple roll moulding and was initially divided into 2, with a similar arrangement on the 1st storey. Both partition walls have been removed. A section of good studding exposed on the upper north wall. The layout of the upper storeys is complex, with some main components of the timber-framed rear range, fronting on Skinner Street, exposed. The top storey is an addition, but still timber-framed, with wallplates and tie-beams exposed.

Listing NGR: TL8528464258