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Ames Court, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 2FG

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

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.

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

Cutting through from Southgate Street towards the water meadows.

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.

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.

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.

Numbers 121 and 122 Southgate Street are a pair of early 19th century houses, possibly with an earlier core. Built in red brick which glows in the early morning sun. There is a rear wing in brick and flint. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1272157 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.