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Kings Road, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP33 3DE

Number 1 King's Road is late 18th or early 19th century, timber framed, refronted in white brick. The canted bay windows are early 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022565 Much of the centre of the town has suffered from redevelopment and most buildings are later than the mid 19th century. There are some uninspiring modern buildings along Parkway and the Arc shopping centre is particularly ugly, especially the building occupied by Debenhams. 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 2 King's Road is 17th century, timber framed and encased in white brick. There are various rear extensions dating from the 17th to the early 19th centuries. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022567 Much of the centre of the town has suffered from redevelopment and most buildings are later than the mid 19th century. There are some uninspiring modern buildings along Parkway and the Arc shopping centre is particularly ugly, especially the building occupied by Debenhams. 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.

A severe rain storm had just passed over and the setting sun was reflecting in this strange cloud formation, looking eastwards from the Waitrose car park in Bury St Edmunds.

Constructing the new shopping development called the Arc at Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk. More info see http://arc-burystedmunds.com/default.aspx

Opened March 2009. Part of a modern shopping complex. http://www.arc-burystedmunds.com/ Also see Image

The new shopping development in the centre of Bury St Edmunds http://www.arc-burystedmunds.com/ can be accessed from a number of directions. This entrance is from King's Road, to the south.