The Nutshell Public House

THE NUTSHELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 17, THE TRAVERSE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1038277
Date first listed:
12-Jul-1972
Statutory Address:
THE NUTSHELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 17, THE TRAVERSE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1038277
Date first listed:
12-Jul-1972
Date of most recent amendment:
30-Oct-1997
Statutory Address 1:
THE NUTSHELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 17, THE TRAVERSE

Location

Statutory Address:
THE NUTSHELL PUBLIC HOUSE, 17, THE TRAVERSE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Bury St. Edmunds
National Grid Reference:
TL 85296 64202

Details

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW THE TRAVERSE 639-1/14/641 No.17 12/07/72 The Nutshell Public House (Formerly Listed as: THE TRAVERSE (East side) No.17 The Nutshell Inn)

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Public house. Mid C19. Timber-framed and rendered; slate roof with a wide plain eaves cornice. 3 storeys and cellar; 2 windows to each storey facing the Traverse and one to each storey of the return (south) front: all sashes in flush cased frames, 12-pane to the 1st storey and 9-pane to the 2nd storey. The corner is rounded and the mullioned shop front to the ground storey is carried round both sides with pilasters and frieze and a cornice surmounted by an ornate cast-iron cresting. INTERIOR: a single room to each storey; no evidence of an earlier core. This is claimed to be the smallest public house in England.

Listing NGR: TL8529664202

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