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Art Deco in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Bury St Edmunds has a smattering of old buildings in the Gothic style but also some Art Deco. This is a very thirties Marks & Spencer:-

Bury St Edmunds, Marks and Spencer

Betfred has Art Deco leanings in the slight overhangs:-
Betfred, Bury St Edmunds

But the exemplar has to be The Works, which exhibits the rule of three in the windows which in addition have great deco glass, with sunburst effect above:-

The Works, Bury St Edmunds

Detailing:-
The Works, Bury St Edmunds, Window

End window detail:-
The Works, Bury St Edmunds, Detail

The Works was right beside this Tudor/mediƦval style building which now houses W H Smith’s:-
W H Smith's, Bury St Edmunds

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