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Sergeants Walk, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1TP

The former house and shop now divided into two at numbers 16 and 18 St John's Street was built in the early 16th century. Timber framed, jettied to the street and stuccoed with panels of mock timbering and mock studding on the first floor. A carriageway has been created through the end bay of the building. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244963 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.

A new entrance has been installed as part of a major refurbishment. The hoardings have now come down and revealed it. Here it is viewed through the archway that allows Sergeant's Walk through from St. John's Street to St. Andrew's Street.

Grade II listed. https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101244961-10-11-and-12-st-johns-street-bury-st-edmunds

The front range of number 13 St John's Street is 16th century, timber framed, jettied to the street and stuccoed. There is an early 17th century rear range. The shop front is late 19th century. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244962 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.

This interesting building, numbers 70 and 71 St John's Street was originally one house, later converted to two shops. Now one shop and offices with a flat above. There is a two storey rear extension. 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.

Numbers 68 and 69 St John's Street were built as a house, converted to two shops and re-converted to a single shop with storage above. The core is probably 16th century, timber framed, jettied to the street, stuccoed and refronted in the early 19th century. The double shop front is 20th century and there is a long 20th century extension at the rear. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1313429 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.

Number 7, 8 and 9 St John's Street were originally one Wealden type house with a 2-bay open hall with a jettied wing to the north, (furthest from the camera), all under a single roof-line. Built in the 15th century, timber framed and stuccoed. After 16th century and later alterations, number 7 now has on the ground floor a shop which overlaps with number 6 Image The room on the first floor has no window and cannot be accessed from below nor from either side. Numbers 8 and 9 both have 20th century shop fronts with storage above. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1244960 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.