Brook House is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 6 related planning applications.
Brook House
- WRENN ID
- wild-marble-woodpecker
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brook House, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 864 459
- Coordinates
- 52.08016, 0.71927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook House is a 16th and 17th century timber-framed and plastered house with later alterations, located on Hall Street in Long Melford. The building features cross wings on both the north and south ends, with jettied upper storeys supported by exposed joists and shaped brackets. The front displays exposed timber-framing with modern brick nogging. It is two storeys high and has a three-window range, featuring three-light double-hung sashes with glazing bars, fluted mullions, and cornices. A prominent gabled porch projects from the front, which is said to have been brought from the West Midlands and added later. This porch has carved bargeboards and corner posts adorned with carved figures of a man and a woman. On the north and south sides of the porch, there are five Tudor arched side lights. The porch is dated 1610, while the rear of the house has undergone significant alterations.
Local climate
Brook House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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