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St. Botolphs Lane, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 2BE

Large properties by the narrow turning into 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

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.

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

Number 84 Southgate Street has an 18th century front range and a parallel 19th century rear range. There is probably an earlier core to the house. Some original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272149 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 house at number 83 Southgate Street was formerly The Plough public house which opened before 1759 and closed in 1917. The oldest part, 15th century, is the rear range, the service wing to an open hall. The hall was replaced in the 16th century by the south (left) part of the front range which was jettied to the street. The north (right) part of the front range is a late 17th or early 18th century addition. The building was refronted in the early 19th century and the single storey extension was added at the same time. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272146 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 high wall enclosing the garden to number 84 Southgate Street is early 18th century and is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272155 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.