Greggs is one of the UK’s most beloved fast food chains, and fans of the eatery are just realising there’s a particularly ‘posh’ branch in a 300-year-old building
There’s nothing quite like sinking your teeth into a Greggs pastry while you’re rushing about, or grabbing one of their sandwiches or coffees from the beloved sausage roll emporium for your lunch. Devotees love it for being affordable and dependable – and you can spot its distinctive blue, white and yellow Greggs branding from miles away.
But this particular branch in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, appears rather different and has been crowned “the poshest” Greggs in Britain. This extraordinary branch sits within a 17th century Grade II* listed structure and is frequently hailed as the most beautiful Greggs across the nation.
The heritage building’s facade features timber panelling and merges Victorian, Georgian, Tudor and 1930s architectural elements.
Back in the 1700s, it launched as a grocer and tea merchant, which remained in business until the 1960s. Today, it houses Britain’s beloved bakery chain.
Until recently, the outlet was covered in scaffolding as part of an 18-month restoration scheme. This work is now finished: the building’s front has been reconstructed whilst numerous windows have been renewed and sections of the roof have been fixed.
On Reddit, the outlet was christened “the country’s poshest Greggs”.
This week, a TikTok user posted footage of the establishment and declared: “Sorry but this is the poshest Greggs I’ve ever seen.”
Greggs responded to the clip, saying: “RIP Henry VIII you would have loved Bury St Edmunds Greggs.”
Someone else remarked: “That isn’t a Greggs. That’s a Gregorys.” Another said: “It’s like Greggs and Wetherspoons had a baby.”
Another person concurred, observing: “That ain’t Greggs that’s Gregory’s tavern for the whimsical.”
“I just know people eating sausage rolls with their pinky’s out,” one user quipped. Another likened the place to “Greggs if it was in a fantasy world.”
A local resident chimed in: “I grew up in that town. Everybody called it bakers oven cause that’s what it was called before Greggs took it over.”
“I kind of like the fact they’ve not changed the outside of the building too much,” said one other.
“Love Bury Greggs,” another fan declared. “If only every Greggs looked like that,” added one other.
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