Building record BSE 792 - Nos 47 and 48 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds

A three storey medieval tenement of early 14th century origins, located in the main commercial street of Bury St Edmunds. It is one of the earliest survivng shops in East Anglia with the earliest phase (block A) dating from circa 1300. Much altered through the 16th to 20th centuries, with frontage significantly reworked in the 1830s. There is some evidence of a 14th century stone built hall with cross passage with a timber framed shop beyond. By the 15th century the building had gained two rear wings facing onto a narrow yard and, by the 18th century, an extension was added onto the rear western wing. (S1, S2, S3).