Grey Friars is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. A Early C19 House. 2 related planning applications.
Grey Friars
- WRENN ID
- tenth-render-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Grey Friars, 40, Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 410
- Coordinates
- 52.03658, 0.72807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grey Friars is an early 19th century brick house. It is constructed of Suffolk brick with a slate roof, and has two storeys. The house has a painted band dividing the floors, and a three-window front with sash windows containing glazing bars. A six-panel door is set within a rectangular fanlight. Cellarage exists beneath the building. The house is of group value with Nos 24-28 (even) and Nos 32-68 (even) Grey Friars Street. Dr Jameson, of the “Jameson Raid,” formerly resided at this address.
Local climate
Grey Friars 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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