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1 Langton Place, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Location
(52°14′37″N, 0°42′45″E)
Bury St Edmunds
TL 853 641
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Suffolk
now Suffolk
  • Ron Baxter
  • Steven Brindle
9 September 2021

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Feature Sets
Description

1 Langton Place is a brick building on the corner of Hatter Street and Langton Place, currently occupied by the So Bar.On the exterior wall of the Langton Place frontage is a chimney stack constructed of re-used limestone blocks and modern brick, whose angles are made of moulded limestone blocks. The limestone is presumed to be from the abbey. The stones are described below.

History

Langton Place is a late-20thc. cut-through in the grid pattern of central Bury, but the house itself is actually on Hatter Street, a street that may date from the 12thc.

Features

Exterior Features

Exterior Decoration

Miscellaneous
Comments/Opinions

The ashlar blocks and the quoins of the stack are certainly abbey stones, and may have been in position since the construction of the house to which the stack is attached. The Hatter street facade is of yellow brick, and probably dates from the 19thc, and the stack above the ashlar section has been rebuilt in modern times, perhaps when Langton Place was opened up.

Bibliography

St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Bury St Edmunds Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, Bury St Edmunds 2007.