Bures Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Bures Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- solemn-thatch-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Bures Baptist Church, High Street, Bures St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TL 908 341
- Coordinates
- 51.9731, 0.77645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bures Baptist Church is a red brick building with a grey gault brick front, built in 1835. It is set back from the road and has a small Sunday school of similar date on the north-east side. The front features pilasters that rise through two storeys, each with moulded caps and bases. There are three windows, which are casements with semi-circular arched heads and rusticated voussoirs. The central window is larger and has rustications on the reveals as well. The building includes three doorways, each with cornice hoods supported by console brackets; the central doorway is larger and double. The roof is slate.
Local climate
Bures Baptist Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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