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Abbeygate Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1UL

This fine building was built in two stages. The part furthest from the camera was erected in 1856 for Gurneys Bank. The second part was built in matching style in 1880 and Gurneys moved into the new part the post office occupying the older part until 1895. Barclays Bank took over the entire premises which they occupied until 2013 when the ground floor was converted to two restaurants. The upper floors are offices. Built in brick with some fine stucco detailing. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1141139 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.

This is the smallest pub in England.

Number 2 Abbeygate Street also has a frontage to Skinner Street. Built in the early 17th century, timber framed with stuccoed pargeted panels, the building was substantially restored in 1969. The south front has a Perpendicular Gothic style niche with a figure of St Edmund. Many original early and later features remain including a fine Jacobean stair. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021954 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.

Number 2 Buttermarket is early to mid 19th century with stuccoed brick above a late 20th century shop front. 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.

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This is a photograph taken of a local character in the street just around the corner from the Nutshell Public House in Bury St Edmunds. I checked this morning and the World has still not ended!