The Elms is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.
The Elms
- WRENN ID
- sunken-finial-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Elms, Little St Mary'S, Long Melford, CO10 9JB
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 453
- Coordinates
- 52.07478, 0.7167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elms is a large, fine red brick house dating from the 18th century, situated in Long Melford. It is a building of group value. The main body of the house is two storeys and has attics, with a five-window front on the upper storey and a six-window front on the ground storey. A later two-storey extension, of lower height, adjoins the north side and has a two-window front. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set within flush cased frames. The central window on the upper storey is Palladian, featuring arched glazing bars in the upper light. The central entrance is a six-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight, framed by a Roman Doric doorcase with deep reveals, plain columns, and an open dentilled pediment. The fanlight’s arch is topped with a keystone carved with a head. The roof is tiled, with three flat-headed dormers visible from the front. A modern addition exists at the rear.
Local climate
The Elms 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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