26, Market Place is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval House.
26, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- gilded-sandstone-bone
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 26, Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 493
- Coordinates
- 52.10884, 0.7968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 Market Place is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. This 15th-century timber-framed and plastered structure features a tiled roof and stands two storeys high. The upper storey juts out at the front, showcasing exposed joists. In 1861, part of the ground storey at the south-west end was extended in brick, which is now painted, and the building was used as a chapel. The upper storey displays exposed timber-framing, with an enriched bressumer at the north-east end. The ground storey retains an original medieval shop front, which has been restored, featuring two arched openings and a doorway; one of the openings includes an original hinged counter board that also served as a shutter. This building is believed to have once been an inn called the Rose and Crown and is graded as part of the Guildhall range.
Local climate
26, Market Place 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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