40-42, Market Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. Commercial. 3 related planning applications.
40-42, Market Hill
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-slate-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 40-42, Market Hill, Sudbury, CO10 2ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 873 412
- Coordinates
- 52.03788, 0.72949
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 40 to 42 Market Hill is a building dating from 1692, located on the west side of Market Hill. It is constructed of red brick and stands three storeys tall, featuring five windows, including a prominent three-light Palladian window at the center. The second floor has an enriched band, and there is a dentil cornice below the parapet, which is topped with a central gable and ball finials. The sash windows have gauged flat arches and fluted keys at the first floor. The ground floor has a shop front with a wooden case, and the building is topped with a slate roof. This property is included for its group value, as it forms part of a larger group with Nos 40 to 44 Market Hill.
Local climate
40-42, Market Hill 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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