Woolworths is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. A C18 Shop. 6 related planning applications.
Woolworths
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-spindle-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1971
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Woolworths, 11, Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, IP12 1AA
- OS grid reference
- TM 273 490
- Coordinates
- 52.09294, 1.31726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woolworths is a building dating from 1852 located on the north side of Thoroughfare. It is a two-storey structure with an attic, featuring a tiled roof and six wood casement dormers, including one on a splay and two three-light dormers on the return. The first floor has a continuous glazed front that follows the triple splayed corner, with wood arched lights that include central glazing bars. An entablature with a cornice follows the three gables, with the center gable being larger. The ground floor shop fronts have modern wood cases and sheet glazing, while the return side is faced with red brick. The building occupies an important position. Nos 1 to 11 (odd) form a group.
Local climate
Woolworths 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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