Nos. 1-3, Church Street and No. 74 Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Timber-framed building.
Nos. 1-3, Church Street and No. 74 Water Street
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bonework-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- Nos. 1-3, Church Street and No. 74 Water Street, Lavenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 915 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10752, 0.79564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1-3 Church Street and No. 74 Water Street is a building dating from the 15th to 16th century, constructed with timber framing and plaster, and refronted in the early 18th century. A wing extends to the east on Water Street (No. 74). The roof is hipped and tiled. The timber framing is visible on the south side and on the upper storey of the north side. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range on the front. The upper storey has two old leaded casement windows, while the ground storey includes a small shop bay and two small modern bays. The north front, facing Water Street, has a two-window range of casements, one of which is an old leaded casement, along with some blocked original windows. The ground-storey windows are fitted with panelled shutters. There are two ridge chimney stacks, one of which has attached shafts. Inside No. 3, there is an 18th-century fireplace and a small cupboard.
Local climate
Nos. 1-3, Church Street and No. 74 Water Street 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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