40, 40a and 40b, Westgate Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

40, 40a and 40b, Westgate Street

WRENN ID
crooked-grate-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1972
Type
Commercial building
Address
40, 40a and 40b, Westgate Street, IP1 3ED
OS grid reference
TM 160 447
Coordinates
52.05893, 1.15037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

40, 40A, and 40B Westgate Street is an 18th-century building with a red brick front and a parapet. It stands three storeys high and features a five-window range with double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars on the first-storey windows, although one window on the second storey is blocked. The centre window on the first storey is distinguished by a raised brick surround and a shaped soffit. A raised brick band runs between the storeys. The ground storey accommodates 20th-century shops. The roofs are hipped and tiled, located behind the parapet.

Local climate

40, 40a and 40b, Westgate 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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