2, Kings Road

This is a two-story house dating from the early 17th century, located in Bury St Edmunds. The front of the house is timber-framed and now rendered, with a white brick facade. The roof is covered in modern plaintiles, featuring pierced and fluted bargeboards on the north gable. Two 2-story rear wings extend from the main block; one is rendered, while the other, set at an angle, is constructed of a mix of flint and old red brick.

The front elevation has one window on each floor. The upper floor features a sash window with a single vertical glazing bar set in a flush cased frame. The ground floor has a tripartite Edwardian canted bay with sash windows. A recessed entrance door is situated within a wood doorcase with panelled reveals, pilasters and a cornice that matches the adjacent property at number 1. An internal chimney stack, originally on the gable end, now serves both this house and the adjacent building, and it has a large, plain rectangular shaft with a corbelled head.

The house includes a 17th-century cellar beneath the main front range. This cellar has walls constructed of brick and flint, along with numerous reused stone blocks. It features a series of wide, rounded niches and retains an original timber ceiling with joists set on edge. The front range was initially divided into two rooms, evidenced by empty mortices in the main beam; however, the layout was altered in the early 19th century with the introduction of a staircase in the northern bay, likely replacing an earlier staircase previously located in that area. The first floor originally consisted of a single two-bay room. The chimney stack was initially external on the south gable wall. The house retains the remains of fireplaces on each floor. The ground floor fireplace has been altered, with a bake-oven inserted, and once featured ovolo-moulded brick jambs rendered over the brickwork, beneath a plain timber lintel. The first-floor fireplace remains complete, with a rounded back, ovolo-moulded jambs, and traces of original red ochre colouring on the brickwork. The attic reveals substantial timber framing; the attic floor is positioned below wallplate level with substantial timbers morticed into the sides of the main posts. The south-east wing is contemporary with the front range and includes one original three-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions and small vertical bars. Additional windows of a similar style, discovered during recent restoration, have been relocated along the former rear wall of the front range. The northeast wing was added in the late 18th or early 19th century and incorporates several reused timbers.