17, Friars Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
17, Friars Street
- WRENN ID
- little-rood-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17, Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 873 411
- Coordinates
- 52.03728, 0.72937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
17 Friars Street is an interesting building from the late 16th century, although it is said to be even older. It features good architectural detail but has undergone significant exterior and interior alterations. The roof may have been raised in the 18th century or later. The building is two storeys tall, timber-framed with plastered panels, and has tiled roofs. The upper storey projects at the front and is supported by unusual brackets that have caved ornamentation, which is under-cut and hangs clear of the back part of the bracket. At the south end of the house, there is a very large rectangular chimney stack. The ground floor room, which is now a shop, contains a large open fireplace with a heavy beam above it. Inside, there is a fine old staircase, and it is said that there is a wood ribbed ceiling and original bay windows in the back wing of the house. Nos 7 to 17 (odd) form a group.
Local climate
17, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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