42 and 43, Gainsborough Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.
42 and 43, Gainsborough Street
- WRENN ID
- half-paling-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 42 and 43, Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, CO10 2EU
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 412
- Coordinates
- 52.03821, 0.72804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two 18th-century buildings on the north side of Gainsborough Street, dating from 1692. They are two storeys high and built of white brick. The first floor has two recessed sash windows with glazing bars, each topped with a stone lintel in the form of a flat arch. The roof is slate, with a small eaves soffit. The buildings are included in the list for their group value with properties at numbers 41 to 47, and 1 and 2 Weaver’s Lane.
Local climate
42 and 43, Gainsborough 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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