The Chantry is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. A Medieval House.
The Chantry
- WRENN ID
- hushed-plaster-claret
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Chantry, Stour Street, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 869 412
- Coordinates
- 52.03796, 0.72499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chantry is a very interesting restored 15th-century house located on Stour Street. It has two storeys, attics, and cellars, and is constructed with timber framing and plaster, featuring tiled roofs. The building has cross wings on the east and west sides, with the upper storeys projecting. The east cross wing also extends on the east side along Plough Lane and showcases some of the best original features. Notably, it has a fine corner post carved with an angel and a carved bracket above. On the east side, there are remains of shafts and carved capitals that support the brackets of the upper storey. The front of the house has undergone significant restoration, and the modern tracery of the lower windows is designed to match the detail of the adjoining Salters Hall. The timber framing is exposed, and there are National Monuments Record photos available. The Chantry, along with No.16 St. Mary's and No.19, forms a group with Salter's Hall.
Local climate
The Chantry 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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