4 and 6, Elm Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. Office block. 3 related planning applications.
4 and 6, Elm Street
- WRENN ID
- buried-wicket-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- Office block
- Address
- 4 and 6, Elm Street, IP1 1EY
- OS grid reference
- TM 161 445
- Coordinates
- 52.05725, 1.15162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century building, originally two houses that were later converted into an office block. Wings project to the east at the north and south ends of the building. Around 1920, a parapet was added, and the front was stuccoed; it is likely that the building originally had a stuccoed front, similar to other buildings in the street. In 1965, a single-storey block was constructed between the wings, designed in a Georgian style. The building is three storeys high and has a window arrangement of 1:3:1, featuring double-hung sashes with glazing bars, most of which are original. Ground and first-floor windows in the wings are set within slightly recessed panels. A modern extension to the rear is not considered to be of special interest. The building is constructed of plastered brick and has a plain parapet. The ground floor of the central block features an entrance doorway with a semi-circular fanlight, arch, and keystone. The first storey of the central block contains a single three-light window. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in plain reveals.
Local climate
4 and 6, Elm 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 20 transactions since 2000
- 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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