Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE ABBEY PRECINCTS 639-1/8/97 Abbot's Bridge and adjoining east 07/08/52 Precinct wall

GV I

Monastic bridge across the River Lark at the north-west corner of the Abbey Precincts. Late C12 with C14 additions. In rubble flint and stone with freestone to buttresses and arches. A central pointed arch and flanking segmental arches on the north-east face carry the precinct wall, with 2 C14 breakwaters and 2 flying buttresses added between the arches. On the south-west face 3 segmental arches, each said to have formerly carried a portcullis, support a walkway which links the bridge with the C12 precinct wall leading to the vineyards on the east side of the river. In coursed and rubble flint, in parts more than 2 metres high, this wall extends some 98 metres to join the remains of the north wall of the vineyards. A short stretch of ashlar-faced return wall ends with a buttress on the river bank. Scheduled Ancient Monument. (BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 140).

Listing NGR: TL8578864356

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)