Bull Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. A Medieval Inn. 5 related planning applications.
Bull Hotel
- WRENN ID
- ragged-minaret-furze
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Bull Hotel, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 864 458
- Coordinates
- 52.07986, 0.7201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bull Hotel is a well-known inn located in Long Melford, Suffolk, with a history dating back to at least 1580, as indicated on a manor map from that time. The building has undergone significant restoration, and two cottages at the southern end have been rebuilt in a 17th-century style, featuring a jettied upper storey, and are now part of the inn. The structure consists of two storeys, with the original inn having a cross wing at the south end.
The main block displays a jettied upper storey at varying levels, while the cross wing is underbuilt. The timber-framing is exposed and includes some carving, although much of the cross wing is of modern construction. The windows are modern restorations designed in the style of the 16th and 17th centuries, featuring three, four, and five-light mullioned and transomed casements with leaded lights. The jettied upper storey extends on the north side, and there are two large external chimney stacks, one of which has two octagonal shafts. The ground storey includes underbuilt bays, and the north-west corner has a heavy corner post. A courtyard at the rear is enclosed by wings to the east and south. The roof is tiled, and there is an original chimney stack at the south end of the cross wing, which was formerly an external stack.
The interior retains original features, although many have been restored.
Local climate
Bull Hotel 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings