81, Church Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House. 1 related planning application.
81, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- blind-thatch-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- 81, Church Street, Lavenham, CO10 9QT
- OS grid reference
- TL 914 490
- Coordinates
- 52.10668, 0.79447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 81 on Church Street is a Georgian building, dating from around 1750, which features a red brick front that conceals an earlier medieval timber-framed structure. It shares a similar style and date with No. 92 (The Willows). The façade includes end pilasters and a stuccoed parapet with a modillion cornice that extends around the north-east side. The building has two storeys and a three-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The outer sections have two-storey splayed bays with three windows, separated by attached Tuscan columns. The central section protrudes slightly and features a Venetian window on the upper storey, topped with an open pediment. A central six-panel door is accessed by stone steps and is framed by an elegant wood doorcase that includes a semi-circular fanlight with fan glazing bars, deep panelled reveals, plain Tuscan attached columns, and an open pediment. The north-east side has a two-window range, and the roof is tiled and hipped. There is a modern extension at the rear. Inside, the building has exposed beams and open fireplaces.
Local climate
81, Church 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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