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St. Marys Square, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 2AJ

Number 6 (seen here) and number 5 St Mary's Square Image have an early 16th century timber framed house divided between the two properties. In the early 18th century a two bay extension in red brick was constructed on each side of the original house, the top storey was added and the whole refronted. In the early 19th century the house was further extended at the rear and divided into two. Some fine 17th, 18th and 19th century internal features remain. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135169 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.

Sixteenth century house later refronted https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135169?section=official-list-entry In the foreground is the centre piece to the square dating to 1874 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135173?section=official-list-entry

Number 5 (seen here) and number 6 St Mary's Square Image have an early 16th century timber framed house divided between the two properties. In the early 18th century a two bay extension in red brick was constructed on each side of the original house, the top storey was added and the whole refronted. In the early 19th century the house was further extended at the rear and divided into two. Some fine 17th, 18th and 19th century internal features remain. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135169 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.

Road markings at the start of Southgate Street Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.

Seen in Swan Lane is the boundary wall to number 5 St Mary's Square. Built in the late 18th or early 19th century, some 28 yards long (26 metres), in red brick, partly random, with an admixture of flint and stone blocks, irregularly laid, at the base. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135170 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.

Eighteenth century house with older core https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135172?section=official-list-entry

This delightful terracotta centrepiece to St Mary's Square is dated 1874. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135173 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.

Number 154 Southgate Street is a 16th century house refronted in the 18th century. Timber framed and rendered. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1084193 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.

Number 8 St Mary's Square is a mid 18th century house, timber framed and stuccoed incorporating the remains of a mid 17th century core. There are some 18th and 19th century internal features remaining. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1135172 Sparhawk Street runs from Honey Hill via the open space of St Mary’s Square to Southgate Street which leads to Southgate Green, the site of the town’s Southgate and where St Petronella’s Hospital was located, established in the 12th century for the treatment of female lepers. The area is rich in history and has a great variety of 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.