46, Guildhall Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NW GUILDHALL STREET 639-1/15/377 (East side) 12/07/72 No.46

GV II

House, formerly with a shop. C16. Timber-framed and roughcast; jettied along the street frontage; plaintiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. 2 windows to the upper storey, both tripartite sashes with a single vertical glazing bar to the middle light in flush cased frames. The ground storey has the remains of a double early C19 shop front with a large-paned sash window replacing the door. Another similar large-paned sash window to the ground storey. A large gabled and plaintiled dormer has a small plain 2-light casement window. A 6-panel entrance door has the top 2 panels glazed. The ends of the jetty are covered with a plain fascia board. 2 C17 rear wings, on the south with 2 storeys and attic, the other 2-storey. INTERIOR: cellar not readily accessible. Front range in 2 distinct sections. To the left of the entry a single early C16 bay has a main ceiling beam on the ground storey with double ogee moulding and run-off stops. The same moulding across the 2 transverse beams. A plain cambered timber lintel to the end stack on the south, linking with the adjoining house. On the 1st storey the walls have good studding and a cambered and chamfered tie-beam with cut-off stops, formerly with arched braces and with pegs for the base of a crown-post, removed when the roof space above was made into a room. Shutter slides on the upper storey along the front and back walls. The entry and the part to the left of it are C17, with the ceiling at a higher level: the main beam, partly boxed in, has curved stops with groove. An early C19 corner fireplace.

Listing NGR: TL8530263811