56 and 57, Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House.
56 and 57, Water Street
- WRENN ID
- watchful-lead-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- 56 and 57, Water Street, Lavenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10711, 0.79795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
56 and 57 Water Street is a 15th to 16th century building that features a timber frame and plaster exterior, topped with a tiled roof and a ridge chimney stack. The timber framing is visible on the upper storey, which was originally jettied. The building has two storeys, with the ground storey having been extended. It includes modern casement windows with leaded lights.
Local climate
56 and 57, Water Street 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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