Tools and Things
21, CHURCHGATE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248116
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Tools and Things
- Statutory Address:
- 21, CHURCHGATE STREET
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- Date:
- 2005-05-12
- Reference:
- IOE01/14126/10
- Rights:
- © Mr T. P. C. Bramer. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248116
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Oct-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Tools and Things
- Statutory Address 1:
- 21, CHURCHGATE STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- TOOLS AND THINGS, 11, HATTER STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 21, CHURCHGATE STREET
- Statutory Address:
- TOOLS AND THINGS, 11, HATTER STREET
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 85424 64064
Details
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8564SW CHURCHGATE STREET
639-1/14/238 (North side)
12/07/72 No.21
(Formerly Listed as:
HATTER STREET
Nos.11 AND 12)
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCHGATE STREET
No.21)
GV II
Includes: No.11 Tools and Things HATTER STREET.
Shop, formerly a house and shop. C17 with an earlier core and
later alterations. Timber-framed and rendered with C20
plaintiles: an L-shaped building, in 2 separate ranges, on a
corner site with a return front to Hatter Street. The roof of
the Hatter Street range tops over the Churchgate range, which
has a gable end facing Hatter Street.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. 2 windows on Churchgate
Street: 16-pane sashes in flush cased frames; 3 similar
windows on Hatter Street. 2 flat-headed dormers with C20
fenestration to Churchgate Street. The ground storey has a C20
shop front.
INTERIOR: the 2 ranges of the building have been occupied as
separate dwellings, but were probably part of one house
originally. The Churchgate Street range, in 3 bays, has most
of its timbers covered or boxed-in, with the exception of one
trimmer which has a very wide chamfer and broach stops,
suggesting a late C15/early C16 date. The Hatter Street range,
in 2 bays, was formerly jettied and has an exposed
early-to-mid C16 ceiling to the ground storey, the main
cross-beams with a roll-and-hollow moulding and run-off stops,
the joists ogee-moulded. The rear (east) wall has been removed
for a later extension, but a beam with embattled ornament
remains at ceiling height.
In the southern of the 2 bays is a good blocked stair-trap
with moulded surrounds to the former opening. No exposed
timbers on the upper storey or the roof, which may well have
been replaced in conjunction with creating an attic storey.
Listing NGR: TL8542464064
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 466705
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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