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St. Andrews Street South, IP33 3GJ

St Andrews Castle in St Andrews Street South was built circa 1795 as a house. Later used as accommodation and classrooms for the Sisters of St Louis's Roman Catholic school and now in commercial use. Constructed in rubble stone with ashlar dressings and castellated parapets in Regency Gothick style. Many original internal features remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245008 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.

Road sign on the Parkway Bury St.Edmunds Suffolk.

Numbers 31 and 32 St Andrews Street South were originally one house, later divided into two. Built in the late 17th or early 18th century, timber framed and stuccoed, refronted in the early/mid 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245000 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.

This is the gate house and entrance to St Andrews Castle in St Andrews Street South. The castle was built circa 1795 as a house, and was later used as accommodation and classrooms for the Sisters of St Louis's Roman Catholic school. The gatehouse in red brick with a white brick castellated parapet in Gothik style is linked with the red brick wall with wrought-iron gates between octagonal piers. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245010 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.

In the Middle Ages Bury St Edmunds was a wool-manufacturing town. The Wool Warehouse in St Andrew's Street South, now converted to offices, dates from a later period, 1792, according to this plaque above the gateway. Interestingly, the Star of David appears at the top left of the plaque; the old Jewish quarter of Bury St Edmunds was close to this point, in Hatter Street.

The former warehouse is now converted into offices. For detail of the plaque above the gateway, see Image

In St. Andrews Street South

Seen from St Andrews Street South is this wall and gateway at the rear of number 70 Guildhall Street. The doorway has a surround of stone blocks with a crenellated top. An inscription above it of a Star of David enclosing an ornate letter B and 'No.266 Wool 1792' below. The wall is a mixture of stone, flint and red brick. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245004 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.

Adjacent to the listed wall Image, is this building in a mix of stone blocks, flint and red brick. 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.