Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel
RUINS OF CHAPEL OF THE CHARNEL, ABBEY PRECINCTS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1375556
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHAPEL OF THE CHARNEL, ABBEY PRECINCTS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1375556
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Ruins of Chapel of the Charnel
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF CHAPEL OF THE CHARNEL, ABBEY PRECINCTS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHAPEL OF THE CHARNEL, ABBEY PRECINCTS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bury St. Edmunds
- National Grid Reference:
- TL8566364020
Details
TL8564SE
639-1/8/99
07/08/52
BURY ST EDMUNDS
ABBEY PRECINCTS
Ruins of Chapel of The Charnel
GV
I
Former Charnel House of the Abbey. Late C13. By John of
Northwold (1279-1301). Rubble flint with stone dressings; now
roofless. Numerous later memorial tablets have been set into
the walls. The building is surrounded by cast-iron spearhead
railings set on a low brick plinth wall.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 140).
Listing NGR: TL8566364020
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 466457
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Suffolk, (1974), 140
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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