Old Bakehouse in Grounds of Guildhall to Southwest is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. A C16 Bakehouse. 1 related planning application.

Old Bakehouse in Grounds of Guildhall to Southwest

WRENN ID
nether-mantel-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1972
Type
Bakehouse
Address
Old Bakehouse in Grounds of Guildhall to Southwest, Church Walk, Hadleigh, IP7 5DT
OS grid reference
TM 025 423
Coordinates
52.04296, 0.95256
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bakehouse, located in the grounds of the Guildhall to the southwest, is likely from the 16th century or earlier. It is a single-storey, rectangular structure made of red brick, featuring several ovens at the north end and a repaired wall at the south end. The building has a tiled roof and includes a wood mullion louvred opening. Inside, there is a hewn roof tie and a timber-framed crosswall above a cambered beam. This bakehouse is part of a group of listed buildings in Church Walk.

Local climate

Old Bakehouse in Grounds of Guildhall to Southwest sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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