Museum plans round house rebuild

A historic round house that stood on a Suffolk cattle market and has been in storage since 2006 has a new home.

Built in 1864, it was a payments office for the Bury St Edmunds market and will be re-erected at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket.

The Bury St Edmunds Society and borough council are to restore the octagonal wooden building, known as the settling, tally or counting house.

Many of its timbers are rotten and will be replaced with new ones.

Sara Mildmay-White, from St Edmundsbury Borough Council, said: "We worked very closely with the Bury Society to find the right home for the round house.

"We looked at many different options, but in the end we all felt that the priority was to save the building and the museum is the best option.

"We know it is going to a really good home where it will be properly looked after and appreciated."