The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- muted-cornice-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, Hall Street, Long Melford
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 453
- Coordinates
- 52.07554, 0.71681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a large house built in the late 19th century, constructed from white brick with stone rusticated quoins. It stands two storeys high and features a three-window range on its west, north, and south fronts. The windows are double-hung sashes without glazing bars. On the ground storey, there are two three-light windows with smaller sidelights, supported by piers with stone capitals and a cornice. At the north end, there is a canted bay. The entrance has a shell hood above the doorway. The roof is hipped and tiled. At the rear, the house features a large open arcaded cupola topped with a pyramid roof.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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