Number 8 And Attached Wall

Number 8 is a house located in Bury St Edmunds, dating from the mid-18th century, with a fragmentary core from the mid-17th century. It is timber-framed and plastered, featuring a roof with a plain parapet and a wooden modillion cornice. The front slope of the roof is covered with stone slates, while the east side and rear are tiled. There are four chimney stacks with plain square red brick shafts.

The house has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, with a five-window range consisting of 12-pane sashes in flush cased frames. It has three flat-headed dormers that are lead-covered with plastered cheeks and feature 6-pane sash windows. The central entrance has a six-panel door with a fanlight that has Baroque-style glazing. The ornate doorcase includes panelled pilasters and an open pediment adorned with Greek fret ornamented dentils, supported by enriched console brackets.

Attached to the north-west corner of the house is a 25-metre stretch of red brick garden wall, laid in Flemish Bond and featuring brick dentils. There is a doorway with a pointed arch that has a boarded door.

Inside, the cellar is mainly from the 19th century and is brick-lined. The entrance hall features a cornice with Greek fret ornamented dentils. The mid-18th century staircase has turned balusters, bracketed open strings, ramped handrails, and a balustrade along the upper landing. To the right of the entry, one room has an early 19th-century plaster cornice with triglyphs and palmettes, along with an ornate 18th-century fireplace surround. The room to the left has a fireplace with an eared surround. The ground storey has six-panel internal doors and panelled internal window shutters. In the attic, there are remnants of a stair balustrade from around 1700, featuring turned balusters and moulded handrails. There are few exposed timbers, primarily softwood. The 17th-century rear slope of the roof has exposed principal rafters and butt purlins arranged in five bays. The house is now two rooms deep, and the roof has been adapted to two parallel ranges with a valley between at collar level.