Grammar School Hall, Cloister, and Former Headmaster's House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. School. 1 related planning application.

Grammar School Hall, Cloister, and Former Headmaster's House

WRENN ID
dreaming-rubble-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1952
Type
School
Address
Grammar School Hall, Cloister, and Former Headmaster's House, Old Market Place, Sudbury, CO10 1SZ
OS grid reference
TL 871 411
Coordinates
52.03759, 0.72646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grammar School Hall, Cloister, and former Headmaster's House were built in 1857 and designed by architect R P Pope. The structure is primarily a two-storey range featuring gables and cusped pointed windows, topped with tile roofs. The Hall has an open truss roof. The building is constructed of red brick with dark flush bands. The former Headmaster's house has been converted into study areas and classrooms.

Local climate

Grammar School Hall, Cloister, and Former Headmaster's House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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