Scutchers Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Scutchers Arms
- WRENN ID
- cold-tallow-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Scutchers Arms, Westgate Street, Long Melford, CO10 9DP
- OS grid reference
- TL 864 465
- Coordinates
- 52.08619, 0.71948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Scutchers Arms is a timber-framed building that was re-faced in the 18th century or early 19th century, now featuring a red brick exterior. The building has been refronted and includes a double gabled wing that extends to the south at the front. It has two storeys, while the rear block is partly one storey with attics. The windows are mainly casements with glazing bars. The south wing features a central recessed doorway with a flat pointed arch, flanked by small canted bay windows. The roof of the rear block is tiled, while the south wing has a slate roof.
Local climate
Scutchers Arms 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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