2 St Margaret's Plain is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.
2 St Margaret's Plain
- WRENN ID
- scattered-granite-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 2 St Margaret's Plain, IP4 2BA
- OS grid reference
- TM 164 447
- Coordinates
- 52.05906, 1.15661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
2 St Margaret's Plain is a listed building with historical significance. It features two rear blocks located to the south-west, facing Old Foundry Road. The westernmost block is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered structure that stands two storeys tall. The upper storey showcases exposed timber framing and was likely originally jettied, while the ground storey has been extended with a 20th-century shop front on the south side. This block has a two-window range with double-hung sashes, one of which includes glazing bars, and is topped with a tiled roof.
Adjoining to the east is another timber-framed and plastered building, which displays 18th-century external features. This structure also has two storeys and features a single-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars in the first-storey window. It has a tiled roof adorned with a modillion wood eaves cornice.
Local climate
2 St Margaret's Plain 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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