87, Church Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval House.
87, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- broken-slate-azure
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 87, Church Street, Lavenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 915 490
- Coordinates
- 52.10696, 0.79508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 87 Church Street is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed and plastered house with a gable facing the street. The timber framing is fully exposed, and the building has two storeys. The upper storey juts out over the lower one, supported by exposed joists and curved brackets. There is one range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The roof is tiled. This property is recognized for its significance as part of a group of buildings along the street, which includes Nos. 85 to 91 in succession.
Local climate
87, Church 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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