20, Friars Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. House.
20, Friars Street
- WRENN ID
- stony-tracery-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- 20, Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 411
- Coordinates
- 52.03731, 0.72896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
20 Friars Street is a building dating from 1692, located on the northwest side of Friars Street. It is an early 18th century structure that has undergone some alterations. The building is two storeys high with an attic, constructed of painted brick. It features a moulded cornice below the parapet and a stone coping. There are five recessed sash windows with glazing bars and keyed flat arches on the first floor, along with two square-headed dormers. The roof is covered with old tiles, and the ground floor has been converted into a modern garage. This building is included for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos 14 to 20 (even).
Local climate
20, 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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