The Stores is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Commercial, shop.
The Stores
- WRENN ID
- crooked-soffit-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Commercial, shop
- Address
- The Stores, the Street, Hitcham
- OS grid reference
- TL 983 513
- Coordinates
- 52.12464, 0.89593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stores is an early 19th-century building that features a timber frame with plaster and a slate roof, topped by a central ridge chimney stack. It stands two storeys tall and has a two-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The ground floor includes a small double-fronted shop front with bays that also have glazing bars, complemented by a slated canopy. A modern shop has been constructed at the south end of the building.
Local climate
The Stores 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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