Numbers 13 And 14 And Attached Railings

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE ANGEL HILL 639-1/8/170 (North side) 07/08/52 Nos.13 AND 14 and attached railings

GV II

A pair of houses. Early C19. White brick above a rusticated stone basement; slate roof with paired bracketed eaves soffit. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement. 6 window range: sashes in plain reveals with flat gauged arches and stone sills, 12-pane to the 1st and ground storeys, 6-pane to the top storey. A raised brick band at 1st storey sill level. 4 6-pane sash windows to the basement with segmental-arched heads to the surrounds. An entrance at each end is approached up a flight of stone steps: recessed doors with 6 raised fielded panels and rectangular fanlights in deep panelled reveals; surrounds with engaged fluted columns and pediment with Doric frieze. The steps have cast-iron railings with wreathed handrails and shaped balusters, 2 on each side incorporating a foot-scraper. An attached dwarf wall across the front with low cast-iron railings; No.13 has ornate openwork panels between arrow-headed balusters, No.14 has plainer replacements. A small older rear range, shared between the 2 houses, has an old plaintiled roof and stands on a foundation wall of rough stone blocks. INTERIOR: No.14, fully restored in 1989, has a good geometric stair which rises the whole height of the house: wide treads with bracketed open strings, plain wreathed handrail. The original stick balusters were replaced during the restoration by turned balusters. Internal panelled shutters to the ground storey windows. No.13 not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8552864330