The Greyhound Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Inn. 5 related planning applications.
The Greyhound Inn
- WRENN ID
- tattered-rotunda-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Greyhound Inn, 96, High Street, Lavenham, CO10 9PZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 915 492
- Coordinates
- 52.10833, 0.79546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Greyhound Inn is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed and plastered building located on the east side of Lavenham High Street. It features a cross wing at the south end with a jettied upper storey and a tiled roof. The building has undergone significant restoration, with the timber-framing on the upper storey mostly renewed and now exposed. It stands two storeys high with cellars and has a three-window range of casements with leaded lights on the upper storey. The ground storey includes two splayed bays with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars. Access to the doorway is via a flight of steps from the pavement, which are equipped with iron handrails. The gable of the cross wing is adorned with Victorian ornamental bargeboards. Inside, the inn features heavy exposed beams and joists. It is noted that Louis Napoleon is said to have stayed here while being transported as a prisoner to Brettenham Park.
Local climate
The Greyhound Inn 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 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
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