Almacks is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 1 related planning application.

Almacks

WRENN ID
stubborn-step-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Almacks, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JT
OS grid reference
TL 862 454
Coordinates
52.07613, 0.71637
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Almacks is a timber-framed house dating from the 16th to 17th century, but it has been completely refronted with 19th-century red brick. The building features cross wings that project slightly at both the north and south ends, with an extension to the north. It stands two storeys high with attics and has a window arrangement of 2:2:2, featuring double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in plain reveals, topped with square label moulds. The ground floor windows are fitted with louvred shutters. The gables of the cross wings are adorned with 19th-century cut and pierced ornamental bargeboards. The northern extension of the cross wing retains an original chimney stack, which has grouped octagonal shafts with moulded brick caps and bases. Additionally, there are two external chimney stacks at the southern end, each with two octagonal shafts. The roofs are tiled.

Local climate

Almacks 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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