53 and 55 Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. House. 1 related planning application.
53 and 55 Fore Street
- WRENN ID
- scattered-pediment-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53 and 55 Fore Street, IP4 1JL
- OS grid reference
- TM 167 442
- Coordinates
- 52.05403, 1.16006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 and 55 Fore Street is a timber-framed and plastered building that features elements from the 18th century and later. It likely has an earlier core. The building stands two storeys high and has two window openings, which contain double-hung sashes with glazing bars. One of the windows is a two-light design with heavy glazing bars. The ground floor includes a shop that dates from the 20th century. The roof is tiled and has two gabled dormers.
Local climate
53 and 55 Fore Street 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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