The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- haunted-cupola-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JT
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 454
- Coordinates
- 52.07595, 0.71627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a timber-framed house dating from the 16th to 17th centuries. The rear of the house was originally timber-framed and plastered, but the front was rebuilt in the 19th century using red brick. The house has projecting cross wings at the north and south ends, which are visible from the east front. It is two storeys high with a three-window front, featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars set in shallow reveals. These windows are topped with square label moulds, and parallel string courses run across the front, with the lower one positioned at the level of the first-floor window sills. A central entrance features an eight-panel door sheltered by a simple columned portico with a cornice hood. The roofs are tiled, and there's an original chimney stack at the rear, incorporating two octagonal shafts.
Local climate
The Gables 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- 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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