The Stores is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. House, former shop.
The Stores
- WRENN ID
- lesser-postern-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- House, former shop
- Address
- The Stores, the Street, Earl Soham
- OS grid reference
- TM 233 631
- Coordinates
- 52.22133, 1.26808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stores is a house and former shop dating from the early to mid-19th century, with earlier work at the rear. It is constructed of red brick with a white brick facade and has a slated roof. The building is two storeys high and features a five-window range, arranged as three windows on one side and two on the other. The windows are sashes with glazing bars set in flush frames, topped with flat stucco arches. The three-bay house has a central doorway that includes an inset six-panel raised and fielded door, a semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars, panelled reveals, fluted pilasters, a frieze, and a bracketed cornice. To the left side, there is a shop front with mid-20th century windows flanked by original pilasters, and a central doorway with a mid-20th century door, fascia, and cornice.
Local climate
The Stores sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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