6, Hospital Road

No. 6 Hospital Road is a house located in Bury St Edmunds, with origins dating from the early and late 19th century, and an early 17th-century core. The building is fronted in white brick and has a timber-framed core, topped with a slate roof that features wide eaves and an ornate late 19th-century red brick cornice.

The house is two storeys high, with a cellar and attics. It has a two-window range, with sashes that lack glazing bars, set in flush cased frames with flat cement arches. There are two gabled dormers, each with long roofs adorned with pierced ridge tiles, white brick fronts, rendered cheeks, and two-light casement windows. The central doorcase is flanked by Tuscan pilasters and features a triglyph frieze and cornice, with panelled reveals and steps leading up to the door.

Inside, the cellar is divided into two sections. The west side has a timber ceiling with a small beam and joists set on edge, while the east side features a heavy main beam and joists set flat. On the ground floor, the west room has an exposed main ceiling beam with a chamfer and curved stop with a groove. The east room contains a main beam with step stops and an open fireplace that has a chamfered and cambered timber lintel. The brickwork behind the hearth is a 20th-century replacement, with rendered sides and jambs made from re-used Abbey stone, which includes parts of two matching Norman nook shafts with their original surrounds, positioned upside down on rectangular stone blocks. A light grey masonry paint has been applied to all the stonework.

On the first floor, the party wall with No. 4 has a cambered tie-beam without pegging for studs. Re-used ceiling joists have been added as studding, and there is evidence that the roof has been raised. The original rear wallplate remains in the eastern half of the building, ending in a partly-charred post that has an empty mortice for a brace. The roofs, attics, and the first-storey room on the west all date from the later 19th century. Additionally, there is a small 18th-century rear extension featuring softwood beams.