River House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. A C19 House.
River House
- WRENN ID
- low-chancel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- River House, the Croft, Sudbury, CO10 1HW
- OS grid reference
- TL 869 415
- Coordinates
- 52.04105, 0.72475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River House is an early 19th-century building that stands two storeys tall. It features three windows and a central projection with a glazed porch. The exterior is finished in stucco, which is lined and painted. There is a deep band below the eaves soffit, and the roof is hipped and covered with slate. The windows are mainly flush-frame sash windows with glazing bars. On either side of the house, there are glazed verandahs. The property is set within a lawned garden. River House is part of a group of listed buildings on The Croft (West Side).
Local climate
River House 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
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