Woolstaplers is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Commercial. 2 related planning applications.
Woolstaplers
- WRENN ID
- iron-plinth-mint
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Commercial
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Woolstaplers, 23 and 24, Prentice Street, Lavenham, CO10 9RD
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 494
- Coordinates
- 52.11017, 0.7989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woolstaplers is an early 15th-century (or possibly 14th-century) timber-framed and plastered building with a tiled roof, originally one of the smaller Wool Halls of Lavenham. Despite considerable alterations, it remains an important building. The building comprises a main block with cross wings at the east and west ends. A second gabled wing was built onto the west side of the west wing, set at a slightly higher level, and there are later additions at both the east and west ends. It is two storeys in height. The two gabled west wings have jettied upper storeys supported on exposed joists, featuring fine 17th-century carved brackets and exposed timber framing. The ground storey of the east cross wing is underbuilt with a small, splayed bay. Most windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars; however, the jettied west wings retain casements with lattice-leaded lights. The central hall contains a crown post roof and moulded beams.
Local climate
Woolstaplers 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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 — 5 transactions since 2005
- 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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