29, Churchgate Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW CHURCHGATE STREET 639-1/14/243 (North side) 12/07/72 No.29

GV II

Shop with flat above, formerly a house. Mid C16 core, raised and fronted in the early C19. Timber-framed and formerly jettied, faced in white brick; slate roof with paired modillion eaves soffit. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar; one bay; extension at rear. One window to each upper storey, a 16-pane sash with deep reveals, flat gauged arch and stone sill to the 1st storey, and a similar 6-pane sash to the 2nd storey. A small early C19 shop front, with fluted pilasters and a cornice fascia, has a C20 plate glass window and is set between 2 flanking doors, that on the right leading into a passageway divided off to give access to the rear yard. Within the passageway an original end wall with widely-spaced, substantial studs and plain joists set flat. The main beam has bracketing for the former jetty. Within the shop, a main beam in the side wall on the west is chamfered on both sides, with curved step stops, and originally formed the centre beam of a 2-bay room which extended into what is now the adjoining property, No.28 (qv).

Listing NGR: TL8547164071