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Bridewell Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1RE

A 15th century hall house with two cross wings and incorporating fragments of an earlier structure has been divided into two houses - numbers 16 and 18 Bridewell Lane. Each house occupies a cross wing and half of the hall. Number 16 (nearest the camera) was restored in the mid 20th century and the entrance doorcase and an impressive fireplace surround and overmantel have been introduced from elsewhere. The cross-wing of number 18 has a narrow extension on the north side and a wide extension on the south and the house was modernised in the 1980s. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031119 Bridewell Lane is one of the four north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century but not one of the smarter high quality streets. Nevertheless a characterful street with great historic interest and a range of uses unusual in this town centre location. 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.

Bridewell Cottage, number 15 Bridewell Lane was built in the early 19th century in red brick on a stone plinth. On a corner site with a frontage to Church Walks as well as one to Bridewell Street. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031118 Bridewell Lane is one of the four north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century but not one of the smarter high quality streets. Nevertheless a characterful street with great historic interest and a range of uses unusual in this town centre location. 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.

Seen from Bridewell Lane.

Number 14 Bridewell Lane was formerly The Blackbirds public house which closed in 1973. Built in the early 18th century, timber framed and stuccoed with rough cast to the north gable wall and a mansard roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031117 Bridewell Lane is one of the four north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century but not one of the smarter high quality streets. Nevertheless a characterful street with great historic interest and a range of uses unusual in this town centre location. 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.

Seen from the junction with Tuns Lane.

Looking up the hill towards Westgate Street and parts of the Greene King brewery on a sunny February afternoon.

A fine February afternoon.

Number 44 Crown Street was built as a house in the late 17th century. Alterations were made in the late 18th century and the building became the Three Tuns Inn. It closed as a public house in 1903 as, at that time, it was not considered suitable to have an inn so near a church. The building then became St Mary's Institute and suffered extensive fire damage in 1949. The building was purchased by the local Labour Party and a rear extension was added. It continued as the party's headquarters until about 2000 when it was sold and renovated as a private house. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342759 Crown Street is an historic street that starts with a brewery and finishes with a cathedral, has a medieval graveyard, the second largest parish church in the country and houses from the 16th to the 19th centuries. 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 9 to 12 Bridewell Lane are a terrace of four early 18th century houses. Timber framed with a mix of finishes to the fronts. It is probable that the top storey is a 19th century addition. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1031116 Bridewell Lane is one of the four north-south streets laid out by Abbot Baldwin in the 12th century but not one of the smarter high quality streets. Nevertheless a characterful street with great historic interest and a range of uses unusual in this town centre location. 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 45 and 45A Crown Street were one house, divided into two circa 1900 when the top storey was added. Built in the early/mid 18th century in two shades of red brick. There is a rear late 20th century extension. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342760 Crown Street is an historic street that starts with a brewery and finishes with a cathedral, has a medieval graveyard, the second largest parish church in the country and houses from the 16th to the 19th centuries. 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.