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Ixworth, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP31 2HQ

The house known as Ixworth Abbey incorporates the remains of a priory of Augustinian canons founded in 1170. The priory was dissolved in 1537. In various materials (freestone, flint, red brick, white brick, timber-framing, plaster) the house contains elements from the 13th to the 19th century. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031475 Ixworth is a village some 7 miles north east of Bury St Edmunds. Settled in Roman times and the site of a Roman fort. Later a civilian settlement was established and it became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia. An Augustinian priory was founded in about 1170 and dissolved in 1537. Ixworth is the site of the earliest rural council housing built in England. Now most working residents commute to Bury St Edmunds.

Former Augustinian priory now a private house Ixworth, Suffolk.

This former Augustinian priory has been converted into a splendid private house. Behind can be seen the church of St Mary the Virgin, in Ixworth.

This Grade I listed house incorporates some parts of the former Augustinian Abbey of Ixworth. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-283579-ixworth-abbey-ixworth-suffolk

This part of the house is largely 17th century although the house contains considerable remains of the Augustinian Priory from which it developed. Listed Grade I. The ground in front of the house, in agricultural use as recently as 2014 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3798869 , has been converted to a cricket pitch.

The church tower is not normally open to the public, and once you've climbed the steep spiral staircase the walls are so high you need a step-ladder to see over them. However the views are unique, no other building is as high or as centrally positioned in the village.

The bird scarer at the edge of the cricket ground. Ixworth is a village some 7 miles north east of Bury St Edmunds. Settled in Roman times and the site of a Roman fort. Later a civilian settlement was established and it became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia. An Augustinian priory was founded in about 1170 and dissolved in 1537. Ixworth is the site of the earliest rural council housing built in England. Now most working residents commute to Bury St Edmunds.

Part of the churchyard. The parish church of St Mary is late 14th century with a late 15th century tower. The church was enlarged in the early 16th century and restored in the 1850s. Built in random flint with stone dressings. The church contains some fine memorials. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180826 Ixworth is a village some 7 miles north east of Bury St Edmunds. Settled in Roman times and the site of a Roman fort. Later a civilian settlement was established and it became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia. An Augustinian priory was founded in about 1170 and dissolved in 1537. Ixworth is the site of the earliest rural council housing built in England. Now most working residents commute to Bury St Edmunds.

The tower arch. The parish church of St Mary is late 14th century with a late 15th century tower. The church was enlarged in the early 16th century and restored in the 1850s. Built in random flint with stone dressings. The church contains some fine memorials. Listed, grade I, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1180826 Ixworth is a village some 7 miles north east of Bury St Edmunds. Settled in Roman times and the site of a Roman fort. Later a civilian settlement was established and it became an important junction in the Roman road system of East Anglia. An Augustinian priory was founded in about 1170 and dissolved in 1537. Ixworth is the site of the earliest rural council housing built in England. Now most working residents commute to Bury St Edmunds.