Crownings is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Former inn. 1 related planning application.
Crownings
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-frieze-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Former inn
- Address
- Crownings, Old School Road, Brettenham, IP7 7PA
- OS grid reference
- TL 972 541
- Coordinates
- 52.15031, 0.88201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crownings is a former inn, originally known as the Crown Inn, dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is a timber-framed building that has been refaced in 19th century red brick. The roof is thatched and features a ridge chimney stack along with a modern dormer. There is a 19th century or later addition at the east end, which has a pantiled roof. The building has casement windows.
Local climate
Crownings 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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