54 and 56, Friars Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Terrace. 6 related planning applications.
54 and 56, Friars Street
- WRENN ID
- idle-zinc-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- 54 and 56, Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 871 410
- Coordinates
- 52.03633, 0.72705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century terrace of two-storey houses on Friars Street. The front is of brick, while the rear structure is timber-framed and plastered. The terrace has a five-window frontage, with sash windows featuring glazing bars in the upper storey, set in plain reveals. There are three arched doorways, each topped with a fanlight. The roofs are slate-covered, with wide eaves. The front doors are L-panelled, with the exception of number 56. Numbers 24 to 28 (even) and 32 to 68 (even) form a group.
Local climate
54 and 56, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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