The Broadway

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE EASTGATE STREET 639-1/8/328 (North side) 12/07/72 No.6 The Broadway (Formerly Listed as: EASTGATE STREET (North side) Nos.6-9 (Consecutive) The Broadway)

GV II

House. C16 and C17, refronted and extended in the mid C19; exterior restored, together with No.7 (qv), in the early 1980s. Timber-framed; faced in red brick, relaid in stretcher bond during restoration. Old plaintiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics; one bay. A 16-pane sash to the 1st storey with plain reveals and a flat cement arch; a 3-light flat roofed canted bay to the ground storey with large-paned sash windows, the centre window with single vertical glazing bars. A flat-headed lead covered dormer has a 2-light casement window. A panelled door in a plain surround with semicircular arched cement head, and a cement band running between the storeys immediately above the arch. INTERIOR: although externally this house forms one with No.7, internally it is linked with No.5 (qv). The front ground-storey room has an exposed ceiling with heavy unchamfered joists and evidence of a former jetty. A blocked stair trap beside the stack, which is shared with No.5, and has a rebuilt fireplace with a plain cambered lintel. In the room above, the main beam is chamfered with step stops. A C17 rear extension has timbers exposed in the upper walls and ceiling. Roofs renewed, with a shallow pitch to the rear slope.

Listing NGR: TL8580764429