The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- broken-dormer-cream
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Manor House, 55, Water Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RW
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10707, 0.79815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a 15th-century timber-framed and plastered building located on the south side of Water Street in Lavenham. It underwent significant alterations in the 18th century but was carefully restored in the 20th century to reflect much of its original appearance. The timber-framing is exposed, and the roof is tiled, featuring a ridge chimney stack with two octagonal shafts that have moulded bases. The house has two storeys, with the upper storey originally jettied and later underbuilt with timber-framing. It includes casement windows with leaded lights, and the ground storey features a large window with heavy mullions and a transom. Inside, there are notable features from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
Local climate
The Manor House 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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