Ruins Of Abbey Dovecote And Part Of Wall

TL8564SE 639-1/8/95 12/07/72

BURY ST EDMUNDS ABBEY PRECINCTS Ruins of Abbey Dovecote and part of wall (Formerly Listed as: Abbey Dovecote)

GV I

Remains of Abbey dovecote with an associated short stretch of wall. C12 with later alterations. In coursed flint with stone quoins and dressings. Originally 2-storey, now roofless; hexagonal. On the ground storey, the remains of a narrow arched doorway and a small rectangular window. On the upper storey, a blocked window with rounded head and a 2-light mullion-and-transom window with cusping to lights and a rectangular hood-mould are both later introductions. The wall has the remains of a doorway with stone surround and 2 wide later openings and was originally part of a wing of rooms flanking the garden. INTERIOR: the thickness of the walling is reduced above the ground storey, leaving a shelf which supported the timbers of the upper floor. The upper walls have the broken remains of nesting-boxes. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 140).

Listing NGR: TL8576964275