12, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House. 3 related planning applications.

12, Market Place

WRENN ID
roaming-sandstone-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1958
Type
House
Address
12, Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
OS grid reference
TL 915 493
Coordinates
52.10926, 0.79629
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No. 12 Market Place is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 15th or 16th century. It has two storeys and cellars, with a tiled roof. The building has been restored, revealing the timber-framing and featuring a jettied upper storey supported by exposed joists. There are two modern casement windows with leaded lights. Inside, the property boasts large ceiling beams, open fireplaces, and a well-preserved cellar.

Local climate

12, Market Place 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 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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