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Norman Tower

A Grade I Listed Building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2436 / 52°14'36"N

Longitude: 0.7167 / 0°43'0"E

OS Eastings: 585572

OS Northings: 264078

OS Grid: TL855640

Mapcode National: GBR QF0.80N

Mapcode Global: VHKD4.CVRY

Plus Code: 9F426PV8+CM

Entry Name: Norman Tower

Listing Date: 7 August 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375555

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466456

Also known as: The Norman Tower

ID on this website: 101375555

Location: Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, IP33

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Bury St Edmunds

Built-Up Area: Bury St Edmunds

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Bury St Edmunds St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description



BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SE ABBEY PRECINCTS
639-1/8/104 Norman Tower
07/08/52

GV I

Monastic gate, now used as a belfry for the Cathedral Church
of St James (qv). Built under Abbot Anselm between 1120 and
1148; Romanesque. Restored by LN Cottingham in 1846/7. Barnack
stone. Rectangular, in 4 stages, with the base now well below
the present ground level. Richly ornamented. A large,
unvaulted gateway has heavy block capitals to the columns and
large roll-mouldings. The west face is the most ornate, with a
sculptured inner order and the arch projecting like a porch
with a gable and fishscale decoration. To each side of the
gateway are 2 tiers of niches with billet decoration; short
buttresses above have intersecting arches and pyramid roofs.
The 2nd stage has 2 tall blank arches with small 2-light
windows within them. The 3rd and 4th stages each have 3 deep
window openings, divided by colonnettes and hood-moulds with
billet decoration: below the 3rd stage openings are paired
blank arches; below the 4th stage blank roundels. The details
of the 3 upper stages on the west are repeated on each of the
other faces.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 138).


Listing NGR: TL8557264078

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