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Abbeygate Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 1UN

With 4 storeys, number 16 Abbeygate Street is the tallest building on the street. Built in white brick circa 1883 as a house and shop, now a shop with flats above. The shop front is 20th century. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021959 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 17 Abbeygate Street was built as a house and printing office, later a shop with offices above, now a shop with flats above. Timber framed and stuccoed the building has an early 19th century front on a 15th century structure with an early 20th century shop front. Restored in the 1980s. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1328858 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 shop with storage above at number 18 Abbeygate Street is probably the cross wing of a house with a hall range adjoining. The structure is 16th century, timber framed and stuccoed. The frontage and the second storey are 19th century and the shop front is 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1328859 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 15 Abbeygate Street also has a frontage to High Baxter Street. Formerly a house and shop now a shop with storage above. The front range is late 15th or early 16th century and was extended at the rear along High Baxter Street circa 1600. The building was restored circa 1980 and the shop front dates from that period. The building is timber-framed and stuccoed and is jettied along High Baxter Street. Prior to restoration it was also jettied along Abbeygate Street. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1021958 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.

Numbers 19 and 20 Abbeygate Street, a pair of shops with flats above were originally a single house and shop. Built in the late 18th century in red brick. The projecting Venetian style windows on the 1st floor are mid 19th century. The shop front of number 20 with its gilded lettering is mid 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1328860 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 21 Abbeygate Street, originally a house and shop is now a shop with storage above. Built in the early 19th century, timber framed and roughcast with a later large 'L' shaped rear extension. The shop front is late 20th century. Listed, for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1328861 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.