The Old Bakery is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1973. House, bakery. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Bakery
- WRENN ID
- muted-banister-sage
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1973
- Type
- House, bakery
- Address
- The Old Bakery, High Street, Bures St. Mary, CO8 5JB
- OS grid reference
- TL 907 341
- Coordinates
- 51.97328, 0.77584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakery is a group value property comprising two houses, one dating back to the 16th century and the other to the 17th. The south-western house is timber-framed and plastered, featuring a cross wing at the south-west end that is jettied on the first storey. The main block is one storey high with attics, while the cross wing is two storeys high. The other house is timber-framed and plastered, with exposed timber framing and a front gable which has the upper storey jettied on exposed joists. Windows are casement windows with leaded lights. The roofs are tiled, with two gabled dormers and a large square chimney stack on the main block. Internally, the building retains exposed timber framing, ceiling beams, and joists, some of which are moulded. A Tudor doorway features a castellated doorhead carved with roses.
Local climate
The Old Bakery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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