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Southgate Street, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 2BB

Old malting, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. For view 17 years earlier see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/302743

Old maltings Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk. Photo taken in march 1990 see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/302737 for view now 17 years later.

Numbers 35A, 36 and 37 Southgate Street are three former almshouses. Built in the 16th century with 17th century rear extensions. Timber framed and stuccoed. All the windows and doors are 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272120 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.

This 17th century house is now two properties, numbers 38 and 38A Southgate Street. Timber framed and stuccoed with a rear wing to the north (left). Alterations have been made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The large shop window is 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272122 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.

View is from St Botolph's Lane.

South Hill, number 42 Southgate Street and South Hill House, number 43 Southgate Street, were originally one house. The houses have late 15th or early 16th century origins and there are remaining fragments of the timber framing of that date. Mostly rebuilt and extended in the 18th century in red brick. The top floor was added in the mid 19th century and other alterations made. There are a number of 18th and 19th century internal features remaining. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272128

Built as a house, later a public house (The Olde White Hart), now The Abbey Hotel. Number 35 Southgate Street has a 15th century core, additions and alterations from the 16th century with a 19th century front and a rear extension of the same date. Timber framed and stuccoed with a painted brick front. The hotel is adjacent to the site of the former Chapel of St Botolph. Several phases of alterations have left a complex interior. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272119 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.

Large properties by the narrow turning into Botolph's Lane.

The stone tablet over the door says 'Old Mission House' which seems a little strange, as no-one names something as Old - it only becomes known as Old after a new one is built. The building displays lots of interesting brickwork - the sections over the lower windows are not even the same. The different coloured bricks under these windows suggest that the sills may have been raised.

Number 34 Southgate Street is a mid 19th century house in white brick, now divided into flats. The entrance doorcase has Tuscan columns. The two 2 storey canted bay windows are a later addition. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272116 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.