7-9, Water Street is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.
7-9, Water Street
- WRENN ID
- wild-cloister-ebony
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 7-9, Water Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RW
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10745, 0.79691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7-9 Water Street is a large 15th-century timber-framed and plastered building located in Lavenham. It features cross wings at both the east and west ends, with extensions projecting eastwards from the east cross wing and westwards from the west cross wing. The roof is tiled. The building is two storeys high. The west cross wing has a jettied upper storey. The central part (No. 8) was formerly a forge and blacksmith’s shop and now includes a small 19th-century shop window. Most windows are casements, although one double-hung sash window with glazing bars is located on the ground storey of the west cross wing. The interior retains original features.
Local climate
7-9, Water 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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