18 and 20, Buttermarket is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
18 and 20, Buttermarket
- WRENN ID
- solemn-joist-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 18 and 20, Buttermarket, IP1 1BP
- OS grid reference
- TM 163 445
- Coordinates
- 52.05705, 1.15422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 18 and 20 Buttermarket is an early 19th century building made of grey gault brick, featuring a parapet and a stucco cornice band. It has three storeys, attics, and cellars, with a five-window range of double-hung sashes that have glazing bars set in painted reveals. The central part of the building, which consists of one window range, slightly projects forward. Stucco bands run between the storeys, and the ground storey has 20th-century shops. The roofs are tiled and include three flat-headed dormers. Nos 18 to 30 (even) are part of a group with Nos 21 to 41 (odd).
Local climate
18 and 20, Buttermarket 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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