40, Prentice Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1962. House. 1 related planning application.

40, Prentice Street

WRENN ID
gilded-spindle-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1962
Type
House
Address
40, Prentice Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RD
OS grid reference
TL 916 493
Coordinates
52.10964, 0.798
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

40 Prentice Street is a building that likely dates back to the 17th century but was refronted in the early to mid-19th century using red and gault brick. The roof is tiled. The front features corner pilasters and a raised brick band between the two storeys. It has two storeys and a two-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The central doorway includes a rectangular fanlight. The ground storey windows and doorway are adorned with stuccoed lintels. There is a central ridge chimney stack.

Local climate

40, Prentice 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • 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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