16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, West Suffolk, Suffolk, IP33 (Grade II)

16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street is a grade two (II) listed building in Bury St. Edmunds, West Suffolk, Suffolk, IP33. It was first listed in 1972.

About 16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street

BURY ST EDMUNDS



TL8564SW ABBEYGATE STREET 639-1/14/127 (North side) 12/07/72 Nos.16 AND 16A (Formerly Listed as: ABBEYGATE STREET No.16)



Offices of the Trustee Savings Bank, formerly a house and shop. c1863, designed by William Spanton, photographer, for his own use. No.16A is the Area Office of the TSB, which occupies the upper floors of both No.16 and No.17 (qv). White brick and slates. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys: this is the highest building in the street. Stucco cornice and moulded rusticated quoins. 3 sash windows to the top storey with vertical glazing bars and stucco shouldered architraves. A raised band at sill level. 3 sash windows to the 2nd storey with single vertical glazing bars, shouldered architraves and cornices. The first storey is stuccoed and the 3 sash windows have moulded architraves and segmental pediments on console brackets. The ground storey has a plain C20 shop front. INTERIOR: an original steep winder stair in the north-east corner of No.16, which runs the whole height of the building, has bracketed open strings, slender column balusters, and a wreathed handrail.


Where is 16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street?

16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street is located on 16 and 16a, Abbeygate Street, in Bury St. Edmunds, West Suffolk, Suffolk, IP33.


Key Facts

Grid ReferenceTL 85396 64224
Easting, Northing585396, 264224.36084
Latitude, Longitude52.244948, 0.714176
Grade listingII (two)
English Heritage List Entry Number1021959
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