31 and 32, Chapel Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. House.

31 and 32, Chapel Lane

WRENN ID
riven-hearth-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1988
Type
House
Address
31 and 32, Chapel Lane, Belstead
OS grid reference
TM 131 410
Coordinates
52.02648, 1.10509
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Nos. 31 and 32 on Chapel Lane is a house that has been divided into two separate residences. It likely dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century and was partly refurbished in the 1980s. The building is timber framed, rendered, and has a brick casing on the left-hand return. It features a plaintile roof and consists of three cells across two storeys, with a cellar on the left side. There is a 20th-century extension at the rear that forms an L shape.

The middle cell has a timber porch with a boarded door, and to the right, there is a 19th-century timber three-light cross casement window. Above this, there is a two-light casement dormer. The right side has been modernized in the 1980s, featuring a three-light casement window and a two-light dormer above. The entrance is located in the right-hand return. An axial brick stack is positioned between the second and third cells.

Inside, the stack has been partly rebuilt and encased on the right. The interior features square joists with stop chamfers. The stairs in the right-hand cell have been replaced; they were originally at the front but now remain at the rear of the middle cell. Despite the modernization, the original frame and roof are said to still be intact.

Local climate

31 and 32, Chapel Lane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Belstead War Memorial Grade II 38 m
  2. 29 and 30, Chapel Lane Grade II 161 m
  3. 25 and 26, Chapel Lane Grade II 194 m
  4. 27 and 28, Chapel Lane Grade II 196 m
  5. 21 and 22, Chapel Lane Grade II 240 m
  6. The Round House Grade II 304 m
  7. Horsestock Grade II 374 m
  8. Blacksmiths Shop Grade II 375 m
  9. 38 and 38a, Blacksmiths Corner Grade II 410 m
  10. Belstead Hall Grade II* 456 m