The Willows is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Georgian House.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- eternal-attic-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Willows, 92, Church Street, Lavenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 915 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10749, 0.7952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a Georgian red brick house, dating from around 1750, which features a refronting of a medieval timber-framed structure. It is similar in style and date to No 81 on Church Street in Lavenham. The building has a stuccoed parapet with a modillion cornice on the front, as well as the north-east and south-west sides. It stands two storeys high with attics and has a three-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The outer sections of the house have two-storey splayed bays with three windows, separated by pilasters. The central part of the façade projects slightly and includes a Venetian window with "Gothic" arched glazing bars in the upper panes, topped by an open pediment. The entrance features a central six-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight that has ornamental glazing. This door is framed by an impressive wood doorcase with deep panelled reveals, fluted pilasters with enriched capitals, and an open pediment adorned with fret dentils. The roof is tiled and hipped behind the parapet, featuring four modern hipped dormers, two of which are on the front.
Local climate
The Willows 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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