6 and 8, Brook Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House.
6 and 8, Brook Street
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-gable-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6 and 8, Brook Street, Glemsford
- OS grid reference
- TL 829 485
- Coordinates
- 52.10463, 0.67007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 6 and 8 Brook Street is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 17th to 18th century, featuring 19th century and modern windows. The building has two storeys and a two-window range, with mainly modern casements. No 8 includes a three-light 19th century double-hung sash window without glazing bars on the ground floor. There are lean-to additions with corrugated iron roofs at each end of the house. It has two doorways and a tiled roof, which is topped by a large square central chimney stack. The eaves are coved plaster with a moulded wood cornice on the front.
Local climate
6 and 8, Brook Street 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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