The Convent is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. Convent. 6 related planning applications.
The Convent
- WRENN ID
- riven-glass-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Convent
- Address
- The Convent, the Croft, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 870 416
- Coordinates
- 52.04157, 0.72553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Convent is an early 19th-century building located on the northwest side of The Croft. It is two stories high and features three windows. The structure is constructed from flint with yellow brick dressings and has a hipped slate roof. The windows are recessed sash types with glazing bars, and the ground floor windows have gauged flat arches. There is a central entrance that has an added porch. On the east return elevation, there are three windows, including a wing with a higher roof.
Local climate
The Convent sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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