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Looms Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1HF

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

In Looms Lane this stretch of red brick garden wall to Regency House Image is part 19th century and part earlier. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022592 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.

Furniture shop in Looms Lane Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

The Guildhall surgery Lower Baxter Street Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

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.

Located on Brentgovel Street http://www.trinitymethodistchurch.org.uk/

On Brentgovel Street.

The Kings Arms public house at number 23 Brentgovel Street is 17th century incorporating an earlier structure, timber framed, encased in brick in the 19th century. There is a long rear range built in two phases. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1377010 Brentgovel Street and Risbygate Street was a prosperous area in the fifteenth century but it became neglected and decay had set in. In the 1990s, a Conservation Area Partnership Schemes was introduced to give a new lease of life into the area by repairing and reusing historic buildings. Forty five new residential units and ten new retail units have resulted in the area thriving again. 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.