The Old Bakery is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Pair of houses. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Bakery

WRENN ID
white-sill-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
Pair of houses
Address
The Old Bakery, the Green East, Long Melford, CO10 9DH
OS grid reference
TL 866 465
Coordinates
52.08609, 0.72276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bakery is a pair of mid 19th century houses located on The Green in Long Melford. They are constructed from grey gault brick and stand two storeys high, featuring a four-window range. The windows are double-hung sashes with single vertical glazing bars set in plain reveals. On the ground storey, there are two small canted bays. The roofs are covered with slate.

Local climate

The Old Bakery 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 80% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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