Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET 639-1/14/156 (South side) 11/02/87 No.60 (Formerly Listed as: ABBEYGATE STREET No.60 Alliance Building Society)

GV II

Offices, formerly bank. 1868, by John Gibson. Fine ashlared facade in Ancaster stone with a base of Portland stone; parapeted roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5 bays. High Victorian Italianate style. Rusticated ground floor has 5 openings divided by piers with keystoned flat arches. All windows replaced, but openings undamaged. First and second floors have 5 original plate glass sashes in deep reveals with moulded raised architrave surrounds. First floor has criss-cross string course, second floor fluted and then foliated plat-bands. Ornate keystones to second floor architraves, projecting cornice with mutules, roundels and dentils, all boldly detailed and deliberately varied in contrasting scales. INTERIOR: not inspected. (BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 149).

Listing NGR: TL8526864165

External Links

• Wikidata Q26433906

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)