48 and 49, Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Building. 1 related planning application.

48 and 49, Water Street

WRENN ID
last-lancet-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Building
Address
48 and 49, Water Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RN
OS grid reference
TL 917 491
Coordinates
52.10701, 0.79869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 48 and 49 on Water Street is an early 19th-century building constructed from red brick and topped with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a raised brick band that runs across the front between the storeys, although this is obscured at the west end by a 19th-century shop front that includes glazing bars. The façade has a three-window arrangement consisting of double-hung sashes with glazing bars and segmental heads.

Local climate

48 and 49, Water 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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