Old Bakers is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Inn. 3 related planning applications.
Old Bakers
- WRENN ID
- worn-garret-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Old Bakers, Whitestreet Green, Polstead, CO10 5JL
- OS grid reference
- TL 974 394
- Coordinates
- 52.01872, 0.87686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Bakers is a former inn, previously known as "The Bakers Arms Inn," dating from the 17th to 18th century. This red brick building has been renovated and features a modern addition at the south-west end. It stands two storeys high, with the original section having two windows and the addition having one window, both fitted with modern casements. A modern gabled porch extends from the front of the building. The roof is tiled and has a central square ridge chimney stack on the original block.
Local climate
Old Bakers 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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