The Sweet Shop is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. House and shop.

The Sweet Shop

WRENN ID
hushed-cloister-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1987
Type
House and shop
Address
The Sweet Shop, St Lawrence Street, Horncastle, LN9 5BJ
OS grid reference
TF 259 696
Coordinates
53.20914, -0.11626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sweet Shop is a house and shop located on St. Lawrence Street, dating from the early 19th century and 20th century. It is constructed of colourwashed, rendered brick and features a pantile roof with moulded wooden eaves and a single gable stack. The shop front on the right has been remodelled in the 20th century, with a partially glazed door to the left. To the left of the shop, there is a doorway with a segmental head and a plank door. A plain sash window is situated to the left, while above, there are two glazing bar sashes, with the right one having a wooden lintel.

Local climate

The Sweet Shop sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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