Medieval History
Engineers rebuilding a 17th Century building which was devastated by fire have discovered a suspected medieval well.
Flames tore through historic Cupola House, in the Traverse, Bury St Edmunds after a fire ? started in the basement kitchen of the Strada restaurant ? spread through the Grade 1 Listed building?s ventilation system.
Workers, who are currently removing heat and smoke damaged material from the seat of the blaze, said the cover of the well was discovered after a vinyl floor covering was removed.
David Clarke, project engineer with Richard Jackson Ltd, said: ?It is certainly something we have never discovered before. No one we have spoken to that have been advising us during this rebuilding process had told us about it, so it was completely unexpected.?
Click here to read this article from the East Anglian Daily Times
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Medieval History
Bury St Edmunds: Medieval well found inside Cupola House
Flames tore through historic Cupola House, in the Traverse, Bury St Edmunds after a fire ? started in the basement kitchen of the Strada restaurant ? spread through the Grade 1 Listed building?s ventilation system.
Workers, who are currently removing heat and smoke damaged material from the seat of the blaze, said the cover of the well was discovered after a vinyl floor covering was removed.
David Clarke, project engineer with Richard Jackson Ltd, said: ?It is certainly something we have never discovered before. No one we have spoken to that have been advising us during this rebuilding process had told us about it, so it was completely unexpected.?
Click here to read this article from the East Anglian Daily Times
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Urgent protection has been called for at an historic priory site after arsonists destroyed one of the region?s finest medieval barns. The 14th-century thatched and timber building at St Bartholomew?s Priory, in Clermont Avenue, Sudbury, has been lost...
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