1 And 2, Chequer Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Houses.
1 And 2, Chequer Square
- WRENN ID
- old-gravel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Houses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8564SE CHEQUER SQUARE 639-1/8/228 (South side) 07/08/52 Nos.1 AND 2
GV II
A pair of houses, joined on the east with a splayed corner to No.50 Crown Street (qv). 1840. Rendered brick front, red brick to sides and rear. Slate roof. An internal chimney-stack with a plain rectangular white brick shaft. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basements. 5 window range: 12-pane sashes with semicircular arched heads to the ground and 1st storeys, and 9-pane sashes to the top storey, all in plain reveals. The 1st-storey windows are set into arched recesses and have cast-iron balconies in Neo-Greek style with palmettes. Doorways with semicircular arched heads; 2 4-panelled doors have fanlights with radiating glazing-bars. The basement openings below the ground-storey windows have cast-iron grilles in front with ornate balusters. It is known that the houses were built in 1840 from the Minutes of the Paving Commissioners, which record a dispute about the balconies overhanging the pavement. INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TL8555164026
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