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Garland Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1FA

Furniture shop in Looms Lane Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

Eagle House, number 63 Garland Street now divided into flats is early 19th century in white brick. The top storey is a later addition. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363691 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

Numbers 7 and 9 Garland Street are a pair of timber framed and stuccoed houses, formerly three houses. They are the remaining part of a row of six almshouses which were rebuilt in 1612 on the site of four earlier almshouses destroyed by fire in 1608. A partition in the roof space has the original wattle-and-daub infill. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363687 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

Number 12 Garland Street (nearest the camera) and number 13 Garland Street were probably originally one house. Both houses have a 16th century core with mid 19th century alterations and extensions. Timber framed and roughcast both houses have had the front wall raised to create higher rooms. Both houses have 19th century rear extensions and number 12 also has a 20th century rear extension. Both houses are listed, grade II, with details at: (12) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363688 and at: (13) https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363689 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

Blomfield health centre on the corner of Looms lane and Lower Baxter street Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk

Kings Arms pub Brentgovel Street Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

Baptist chapel Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk.

The Baptist chapel in Garland Street was built in 1834, replacing an earlier chapel in Lower Baxter Street. Built with a white brick front to Garland Street with red brick to Pump Lane and the rear. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363692 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.

Regency House, number 3 Looms Lane, was built in 1811 in white brick and stucco. The building has had many uses. It has been a private residence, a doctors' surgery and a country club. It was converted into a hotel in 1976 and re-converted into flats in 2017. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022591 North of the town centre Northgate Street and St John’s Street run towards the site of Northgate and the railway station and both streets have many older buildings. In between these two streets is a number of streets irregularly laid out (compared to the medieval grid of the town centre) containing mostly houses and buildings from the 19th century. Bury St Edmunds is a market town which is the cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk and is known for brewing (Greene King) and sugar (British Sugar). There is scattered evidence of earlier activity but essentially Bury St Edmunds began as one of the royal boroughs of the Saxons and a monastery was founded which became the burial place of King Edmund. A new Benedictine abbey was built in 1020 which became rich and powerful and the town was laid out on a grid pattern by Abbot Baldwin. After the dissolution the abbey became ruinous. A new church, later the cathedral, was begun in the early 16th century.