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

31, Prentice Street

WRENN ID
western-belfry-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1962
Type
House
Address
31, Prentice Street, Lavenham
OS grid reference
TL 917 494
Coordinates
52.11009, 0.7995
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

31 Prentice Street is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building that stands at right angles to the road, featuring a gable end facing Prentice Street. The building has been renovated, revealing the timber-framing on the east front. The north gable end includes one range of 18th-century double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, while the east front has modern casement windows. The roof is tiled and has a central ridge chimney stack.

Local climate

31, 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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