Dairy Cottage, Bury St. Edmunds, West Suffolk, Suffolk, IP33 (Grade II)

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL86SE HOME FARM LANE 639-1/13/439 Dairy Cottage 12/07/72

Cottage ornee; formerly the dairy to Hardwick House (demolished). Mid C19. Timber-framed and rendered; thatched gambrel roof with ornate pierced bargeboards. EXTERIOR: one-and-a-half storeys; set gable-on to the street. Rusticated rendered quoins. Small-paned C20 windows. A large ornate storied porch projecting on the south side has an open ground storey supported by a row of bracketed wooden columns with a balustrade. The walls are covered in mock timbering and the gable has large pendants in Jacobean style from the eaves and apex, which has a spike finial. An original 2-light cast-iron window in the gable has diamond-leaded panes and external shutters. A central rectangular chimney-stack has a base with lattice ornamentation. An extension for a garage on the north side is rendered and thatched in matching style. INTERIOR: not inspected.