The Plough is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1954. Public house.
The Plough
- WRENN ID
- last-wicket-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1954
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Plough, Market Lane, Blundeston
- OS grid reference
- TM 517 974
- Coordinates
- 52.51658, 1.70929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plough is a public house located on Market Lane in Blundeston, dated 1701, as indicated by iron ties marked 'D' over 'EB'. The building has undergone significant alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features stucco on brick, designed to imitate ashlar, with rusticated quoins and a pantiled roof. The structure is two stories high with a three-bay facade. The first floor has 19th-century flush-frame sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor has 20th-century square-leaded cross windows; all windows are framed with moulded architraves. The entrance includes a 20th-century door with a plain rectangular fanlight and a doorcase that has pilasters and a bracketed cornice. Above the doorway is a modern panel, which was once a window, noting that Barkis the carrier from Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield" started from this location. The building also has gable stacks, and to the right, there is a single-storey range currently used for storage and garaging. The Plough is listed due to its association with Dickens.
Local climate
The Plough receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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