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Mayfield Road, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 2NR

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In the midst of a sea of modern housing is this delightful house, The Cottage, number 26 Nowton Road. Built in 1824 in brick with a tile hung front in bands of two colours. Both the exterior and the interior are little changed since it was built and there are a host of original internal features. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391057 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.