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Guildhall Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1PS

Strong sunlight and deep shadows on a fine February morning.

The shop at number 1 Guildhall Street, on a corner site, is early 19th century, timber framed and stuccoed. The shop front has a continuous cornice and fascia and extends into number 2 Guildhall Street. Number 2 also occupies the room above the shop. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363693 Adjacent is number 61 Abbeygate Street built circa 1840 in white brick. Listed, for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141150 Guildhall Street is one of the north-south streets laid out in the 12th century. There is a rich mix of high quality buildings, especially at the commercial, northern end with a fine mix of houses at the residential, southern end. The Guildhall is a Norman building which is the oldest continuously used Civic building in the country. 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.

These finely detailed offices, number 59 Abbeygate Street, were built in 1891 for the Alliance Insurance Co. Limited. In neo Jacobethan style, the ground floor is in red sandstone the other floors are in red brick above with terracotta and rubbed brick dressings all under Dutch gables with coats of arms. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141147 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.

The former Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds is today a Wetherspoons pub. The building which is Grade I listed was designed by Ellis & Woodward and built at a cost of £7,000. It opened for business in July 1862. In 1969 a floor was inserted in the hall and the ground floor became shops. Today the upper floor is a Wetherspoons pub.

Carving on the pediment of the former Corn Exchange in Bury St Edmunds, today the building is a Wetherspoons pub.

This Grade I listed 19th century building first opened as The Corn Exchange in 1862. Wetherspoons began refurbishing the building in 2011. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-466762-corn-exchange-bury-st-edmunds-suffolk British Listed Buildings

Taken with a 16mm lens and only partially perspective corrected in order to get all of the elevation in shot.

The impressive Corn Exchange with its Ionic portico with pediment, was built in 1862 replacing an earlier exchange that had proved to be too small. Image Originally open from ground to roof, a floor was inserted in 1969 and the building became a range of shops. Refurbished in 2012, the main area of the exchange is now a public house and restaurant. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076928 Cornhill, Buttermarket and The Traverse are the commercial heart of the town. Cornhill incorporates the market areas set out in the 12th century where twice weekly markets are held, Buttermarket with The Traverse extend to the south connecting with Abbeygate Street and Guildhall Street. The area has some of the town’s finest and most important buildings. 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.