18, Gainsborough Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.

18, Gainsborough Street

WRENN ID
fallow-latch-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 October 1971
Type
Terraced house
Address
18, Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU
OS grid reference
TL 871 412
Coordinates
52.03779, 0.72779
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 18 Gainsborough Street is a building from the 18th century that has undergone later alterations. It is constructed of Suffolk brick and has a slate roof. The building stands two storeys high, with attics and a basement, featuring a three-window range with sash windows that include glazing bars and flat arches. The entrance has an arched doorway with a patterned fanlight above it. Notable exterior details include a stone floor band and a chamfered plinth. Inside, there are two-panel attic doors fitted with H hinges and straps.

Local climate

18, Gainsborough Street 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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