Bury St Edmunds Abbey precincts [35]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 14 Sep 2020

This property between the abbey ruins and the Great Churchyard has had a number of uses as well as a number of names. Built in red brick with stone dressings, in 1736 as Clopton’s Hospital - almshouses which catered to ‘twelve poor people’, the name changed to Clopton’s Asylum in 1825. It became the vicarage for the church of St James in 1900. When listed by English Heritage it was the Provost's House and Clopton Cottage. An article in Suffolk News in August 2018 stated that an application has been submitted to subdivide The Deanery to create one two-bedroom house and a six-bedroom Deanery, where the new Dean, will stay. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1375558 The Abbey Gardens occupy the site of St Edmund's Abbey. In 1953 the Borough bought the Gardens and managed the area around the abbey ruins, thus reuniting the two main parts of the Abbey Precinct - the Abbey Gardens and the Great Churchyard. The gardens are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade II, and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1001493 Except for the Great Churchyard the site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021450

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