Scheduled Ancient Monument: ST SAVIOUR'S HOSPITAL (SF26)
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| Suffix | SF26 |
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Description
St Saviour Hospital & precinct. Almshouse/ hospital founded circa 1186, dissolved November 1539. Dependency of Abbey. W end of range surviving (known as a gatehouse).
Flint building stone dressings of C15th date. All that remains is a flint wall with a blocked door and window and a short stretch of the side walls. A tablet on the building says that "Humphrey Plantagnet, Duke of Gloucester, son of Henry VI Lord Protector of the Realm died within the Hospital of St Saviour's 23 February 1447".
External Links (1)
Sources (1)
- SSF50016 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Scheduled Ancient Monument file.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8536 6525 (12m by 16m) |
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| Map sheet | TL86NE |
| Civil Parish | BURY ST EDMUNDS, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
Related Monuments/Buildings (5)
- St Saviour's Hospital, Fornham Road, (Medieval with Mesolithic-Post Medieval) (Monument) (BSE 013)
- St Saviour's Hospital, Fornham Road, (Medieval with Mesolithic-Post Medieval) (Monument) (BSE 013)
- St Saviour's Hospital, Fornham Road, (Medieval with Mesolithic-Post Medieval) (Monument) (BSE 013)
- St Saviour's Hospital, Fornham Road, (Medieval with Mesolithic-Post Medieval) (Monument) (BSE 013)
- St Saviour's Hospital, Fornham Road, (Medieval with Mesolithic-Post Medieval) (Monument) (BSE 013)
Record last edited
Jul 20 2012 11:13AM