Gramercy Cottage

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8563NE SOUTHGATE STREET 639-1/11/578 (West side) 31/05/85 Nos.148 AND 149 Gramercy Cottage

GV II

House. C16; extensively restored in late 1960s when most of No.148 was built in a style matching No.149 and the rear part of No.149 was completely replaced. Timber-framed and jettied; timbers exposed on the upper storey; rendered, apart from main posts, on the ground storey. Part old, part C20 plaintiled roof. Close studding along the upper front with tension braces at each end. The joist ends and bressumer of the jetty are exposed. Frame in 5 bays with main posts supported by brackets with moulded shafts. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellar. Four 12-pane sash windows to the upper storey and 3 to the ground storey, all in flush cased frames. Between the sashes on the upper storey are the remains of long original mullioned windows, partly blocked, with applied sills carved with running leaf motif. A similar window has been inserted into the upper storey of No.148. 5 gabled dormers with 2-light single bar casement windows across the whole front. The doorway of No.148 is at the south end of No.149, which has a recessed central 6-panel entrance door. INTERIOR: cellar, small and mainly modernised. Some timbering exposed on the ground storey although the original layout is now not clear. The narrower central bay, which now contains the entrance hall and stair, was previously a chimney bay. Most timbers are plain, with flat unchamfered joists, but in the end bay on the north the main beams have a double ogee moulding. On the upper storey the cambered tie-beams are supported by very long substantial arched braces with prominent assembly-marks. All the roof timbers were replaced during the 1960s restoration. (Colman S: External Photographs taken during restoration in 1960s).

Listing NGR: TL8581563753