Cranfield Court is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1999. Almshouse.

Cranfield Court

WRENN ID
under-transept-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1999
Type
Almshouse
Address
Cranfield Court, 29-34, Valley Road
OS grid reference
TM 174 462
Coordinates
52.07196, 1.17083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cranfield Court is a set of almshouses designed as flats, built between 1938 and 1939 by Cautley and Barefoot for the Cranfield family charitable settlement. The buildings are constructed of red brick with plain-tile hipped roofs and brick stacks, showcasing a Vernacular Revival style. They are two storeys high, and the front facing Chelsworth Avenue features paired half-hipped gables that project forward. The windows consist of 1 to 3-light leaded casements, and there are various doors throughout. The rear facade, which is similar to the front, has gables that face the rear of Nos. 1-28 Cranfield Court. This group of almshouses forms a cohesive architectural ensemble with Nos. 1-28, the Lodge, and the Lych-gate.

Local climate

Cranfield Court sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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