The Old Guildhall is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Guildhall

WRENN ID
sharp-storey-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
The Old Guildhall, 12, High Street, Nayland-With-Wissington, CO6 4JF
OS grid reference
TL 975 342
Coordinates
51.97167, 0.87389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Guildhall is a late 15th to early 16th century timber-framed and plastered house that has undergone significant later alterations and was renovated in the 20th century. A modern inscription indicates the date 1470. The building has two storeys, featuring a jettied upper storey that extends across the entire front, supported by curved brackets with moulded capitals from former shafts. There are four windows on the front, consisting of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The ground storey includes three 3-light sashes and one single light window. At the north end, there is a 20th-century recessed entranceway. The roof is tiled. Inside, the building showcases well-crafted carved ceiling beams and joists.

Local climate

The Old Guildhall 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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