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College Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1QE

Numbers 30 and 31 College Lane are a pair of early 19th century cottages. The cottages contain fragments of an earlier building which is thought to be a medieval chantry. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1407480 College Lane, also known as Hogg Lane is a pedestrianised east-west route in the medieval grid plan. In two parts, divided by Whiting Street it runs from Guildhall Street to College Street. On the east side of College Road the route continues as Church Walks. 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.

Looking towards Guildhall Street from Whiting Street.

Nos 61-63, at the corner of College Lane, were ignored by Pevsner in his original guide (published in 1961 and revised in 1974) but finally noted by James Bettley in his revision of 2015 as "an interesting complex that once extended further south" (i.e. to the left of this photo). On the street corner is a gabled and jettied cross-wing of the early 14th century. A colourfully decorated Image on the upper floor looks out over the lane.

Part of the Image dating from the early 14th century, looking out over College Lane.

This delightful window is part of number 63 Whiting Street Image 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.

The boundary wall to the United Reformed Church Image is 18th or early 19th century in a mix of flint, brick and random stone with red brick dressings. On a corner site with the south side onto College Lane. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1132617 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 63 Whiting Street (seen here) is the cross wing part of a complex which includes all of numbers 61 and 62 Whiting Street Image and Image This is a 15th century cross wing (of a hall house with two cross wings), timber framed, jettied among the street and stuccoed with later alterations. The house was restored in the 1960s. Some 16th century internal features remain. Listed, including the railings, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1096741 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.

Numbers 28 and 29 Guildhall Street are a pair of houses, one with a former shop. There is a 16th century timber framed core. The houses were refronted and raised to three storeys in the early 19th century. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1363729 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.

Number 30 Guildhall Street is presumably 19th century. Greatly modernised it could almost pass for a recent build. 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.

Number 61 Whiting Street (seen here) is the oldest surviving part of a complex which includes all of numbers 62 and 63 Whiting Street Image and Image This is a 14th century cross wing to a, probably 13th century, hall. (The hall was rebuilt in the 15th century). Timber framed, jettied along the street front and stuccoed. There were alterations made in the 16th century and the house was restored in 1995. 14th and 16th century internal features remain. Listed, including the railings, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1096734 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.