27 and 29, Friars Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. House.
27 and 29, Friars Street
- WRENN ID
- proud-spandrel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 27 and 29, Friars Street, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 411
- Coordinates
- 52.03689, 0.72897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 27 and 29 on Friars Street are 18th century buildings with a front elevation made of plastered brick. They are two stories tall with attics, featuring four dormers and a mansard roof covered in tiles. The buildings have a wooden modillion eaves cornice and a band that runs between the storeys. The upper windows are flush frame sash windows with glazing bars, although the ground floor window has been altered somewhat. These properties, along with Nos 27 to 31 (odd), The Friars, and Nos 33 to 45 (odd), Nos 49 and 51, form a group.
Local climate
27 and 29, Friars Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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