6, St Helen's Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. Building. 1 related planning application.

6, St Helen's Street

WRENN ID
rusted-barrel-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1977
Type
Building
Address
6, St Helen's Street, IP4 1HJ
OS grid reference
TM 167 445
Coordinates
52.0572, 1.16009
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 6 on St Helen's Street is an early 17th century timber-framed building that stands two storeys high with attics. The upper storey features exposed timber framing with plaster infill and includes a central splayed oriel window with leaded casements, flanked by high-level mullioned windows. It has a moulded sill beam and a lintel that is carved with the date 1636. The roof is covered with old tiles and has a central flat-headed dormer with leaded casements. Inside, the building showcases exposed moulded ceiling beams and joists.

Local climate

6, St Helen's 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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