Ruse and Son and Ruse House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 3 related planning applications.

Ruse and Son and Ruse House

WRENN ID
knotted-stair-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
House
Address
Ruse and Son and Ruse House, Hall Street, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9JF
OS grid reference
TL 863 457
Coordinates
52.07847, 0.71852
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

A 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house with 18th-century exterior modifications, located on the east side of Hall Street, Long Melford. The house is two storeys high and has a three-window facade. The first-floor windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, while the ground-floor windows have single vertical glazing bars. A six-panel door, featuring fluted pilasters and a cornice hood, provides entry. A 19th-century cart entrance is situated at the north end, alongside a modern shop front. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

Ruse and Son and Ruse 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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