The Crown Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Crown Inn
- WRENN ID
- moated-shingle-merlin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Crown Inn, 104, High Street, Bildeston, IP7 7EB
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 494
- Coordinates
- 52.10723, 0.90907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crown Inn is a historic building originally constructed as a merchant's house in 1495 and has functioned as an inn since at least the mid 17th century. It is a timber-framed structure with a plastered ground floor and exposed framing on the upper storey, which juts out on exposed joists. The building features a cross wing at the north end that was once gabled but is now part of the main roof. It has two storeys and displays a four-window range of 18th-century leaded casements on the upper storey, with modern copies on the ground floor. The central entrance consists of an 8-panel door framed by a moulded architrave and cornice. The roof is tiled and includes a chimney stack with attached shafts at the north end. Inside, the inn showcases exposed timber-framing, moulded ceiling beams, joists, and a crown post roof.
Local climate
The Crown Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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