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Cathedral Church of St James

A Grade I Listed Building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

  • Cathedral Church of St James, Bury St Edmunds

  • Cathedral Church of St James (interior), Bury St Edmunds

  • Cathedral Church of St James (painted ceiling of the Millennium Tower), Bury St Edmunds

  • Cathedral Church of St James, Bury St Edmunds

  • Nave.

  • Font and cover.

  • Detail of font.

  • Pulpit, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The sounding board was added in 1931.

  • Nave from nave altar.

  • Nave roof - detail.

  • The nave altar with rails round three sides. Further to the east can be seen the high altar and, to the left, the Bishop's throne.

  • Painted ceiling of the crossing tower.

  • Monuments in the Western Bay of the Cathedral, beneath the west window.

  • High altar and sedilia.

  • View from high altar.

  • Bishop's throne - 1926.

  • Cathedral from the Norman Tower.

  • Cathedral from the abbey remains. Foreground is lecture court.

  • Nave roof

  • Choir roof

  • Interior, Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, ENGLAND, UK

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Entry Name: Cathedral Church of St James

Listing Date: 7 August 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1377001

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466649

ID on this website: 101377001

Location: St James' Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, IP33

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: Bury St Edmunds

Built-Up Area: Bury St Edmunds

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Bury St Edmunds St Mary

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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