7-9, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Hall house. 7 related planning applications.
7-9, High Street
- WRENN ID
- blind-banister-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Hall house
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 7-9, High Street, Lavenham, CO10 9PR
- OS grid reference
- TL 915 492
- Coordinates
- 52.10838, 0.79504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This property, located on Lavenham High Street, originally dates from the 15th century as a hall house with cross wings at the north and south ends. It has undergone substantial alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries and is now divided into two separate residences.
No. 7 (the south cross wing) has been restored, revealing its timber-frame construction. It is two storeys high, with the upper storey jettied on exposed joists and supported by embattled bressumers. The ground floor features a restored boarded door with an arched head, along with arched windows with lattice leaded lights. The upper floor has a four-light leaded casement window. Interior features are present within this section.
No. 8 (the original hall block) is one storey with an attic, and its front was rebuilt in the 18th century. It has a sloping tiled roof and includes one double-hung sash window with glazing bars, alongside a shallow bow window also with glazing bars. Two gabled dormers are visible on the front elevation.
No. 9 (Kipps), the original north cross wing, was rebuilt in the late 18th century using painted brickwork and features a hipped roof. It is two storeys high and contains a double-hung sash window with glazing bars and louvred shutters on the upper floor, a shallow bow window with glazing bars on the ground floor, and a three-panel door with a shallow fanlight. All roofs are tiled.
Local climate
7-9, High 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 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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