St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds
St Edmundsbury Cathedral is a stunning mix of ancient and modern. A former parish church, it became Suffolk’s Cathedral in 1914 following the creation of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. A modern expansion began when Stephen Dykes Bower was appointed architect in 1943. With whitewashed walls and a stunning lantern tower, St Edmundsbury Cathedral presents a colourful and bright interior that visitors are often surprised by. The Cathedral’s tower was finished in 2005 and its crowning glory is the vaulted ceiling that rewards those who gaze upwards. (See my image below) The Norman Tower, also known as St James' Gate, is the detached bell tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Originally constructed in the early 12th century, as the gatehouse of the vast Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, it is one of only two surviving structures of the Abbey, the other being Abbey Gate, located 150 metres to the north. As a virtually unaltered structure of the Romanesque age, the tower is both a Grade ...