Number 138 and Attached Railings
NUMBER 138 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 138, SOUTHGATE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272168
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Number 138 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBER 138 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 138, SOUTHGATE STREET
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- Date:
- 2006-05-05
- Reference:
- IOE01/14527/16
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272168
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Number 138 and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBER 138 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 138, SOUTHGATE 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:
- NUMBER 138 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 138, SOUTHGATE 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 85841 63714
Details
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8563NE SOUTHGATE STREET 639-1/11/576 (West side) 12/07/72 No.138 and attached railings
GV II
House. Vestigial C17 core; C18 front; much modernised and extended in 1960s. Timber-framed and plastered; jettied; C20 plaintiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar. 2 window range: 12-paned sashes in flush cased frames to the upper storey and with a single vertical glazing-bar to the ground storey. The wide jetty is supported by shaped brackets, one at each end of the front and 2 by the porch, which projects below the jetty and has boarded reveals, a rectangular fanlight and a flat cornice hood supported by console brackets. An Edwardian 4-panel door has the top 2 panels glazed. A row of low railings with spear heads extends from each side of the porch across the frontage. INTERIOR: little of the original building has survived modernising: rear wall removed, no exposed timbers. Included for group value as part of the street scene.
Listing NGR: TL8584163714
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467489
- 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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