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Abbeygate Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1LQ

Number 57 Abbeygate Street includes numbers 90, 91 and 92 Whiting Street. Originally house and shop, now offices. 18th century, timber framed and stuccoed, incorporating a 17th century structure. Much restored in 1969 including the shop front. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141144 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Built as a house in the 17th century, number 89 Whiting Street was later a shop with accommodation above and is now used as offices. Timber framed and stuccoed, the building was refronted in brick and the two shop windows inserted in the early 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1132609 Whiting Street is one of the north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century and has buildings from the early medieval to the late 20th century. The street is divided by Churchgate Street at its midpoint and the character is mainly residential to the southern part with a mixture of residential with retail and commercial uses to the northern part. 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 56 Abbeygate Street incorporates numbers 1 and 2A Whiting Street. Timber framed and stuccoed, built in 4 stages, the oldest part being the four late 15th century southernmost bays in Whiting Street. These 4 bays formed a single-ended Wealden house with a 2-bay open hall a wide cross entry and a jettied service bay. Additions were made in the 16th and 17th centuries and the building was refronted in the 19th century. There are extensive cellars which are medieval below the Whiting Street range. Listed, grade II*, with details at; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141143 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Grade II listed. https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101141147-59-abbeygate-street-bury-st-edmunds

Now home to a firm of opticians, number 58 Abbeygate Street was formerly a house and shop. Built in the 16th and 17th centuries, timber framed and stuccoed, with the frontage restored and a new shop front inserted in the late 20th century. The rear range, originally jetties was underbuilt in the 19th century. There is some carving on a corner post which may illustrate part of the legend of Hercules. The rear range has timbers exposed and extensively decorated in both the ground-storey and 1st storey rooms. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141145 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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.

Grade II listed former Alliance Insurance Company offices by J.S.Corder of Ipswich 1891. Now Damson & Wilde bar & restaurant

Number 1 Abbeygate Street, now offices, was built as a shop with living accommodation above in the late 15th century. The building with the first floor jettied on three sides, timber framed and stuccoed, was extended in the early 16th century and restored in 1988 when the existing shop fronts were inserted. Many original early and later features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021953 Abbeygate Street is the principal shopping street of the town. 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 4 and 5 Whiting Street were originally one house now irregularly divided into two with number 4 occupying only a part of the ground floor. Built in the 16th century, timber framed, jettied along the street and roughcast. There is an overlap with number 6 with a 2nd entrance door below an extension to the jetty. There are two, probably 19th century, rear wings. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1142293 Whiting Street is one of the north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century and has buildings from the early medieval to the late 20th century. The street is divided by Churchgate Street at its midpoint and the character is mainly residential to the southern part with a mixture of residential with retail and commercial uses to the northern part. 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.