Precinct Wall To North Of The Abbey Gate is a Grade I listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A C12 Wall.
Precinct Wall To North Of The Abbey Gate
- WRENN ID
- tangled-floor-elder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BURY ST EDMUNDS
TL8564SE ABBEY PRECINCTS 639-1/8/117 Precinct wall to north of the Abbey 07/08/52 Gate (Formerly Listed as: ABBEY PRECINCTS Precinct Walls)
GV I
A stretch of wall along the east side of Angel Hill and to the north west of the precincts of the former Abbey of St Edmund and to the north of the Abbey Gate (qv). C12; raised in C14 after the rising of 1327. Flint, much of it coursed, divided into wide bays by worn shallow ashlar-faced buttresses. The bay nearest to the Abbey Gate has an admixture of stone blocks and a small blocked rectangular window-opening and is thought to be part of the earlier gate, destroyed by the townspeople in 1327. Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TL8553664246
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