Numbers 1 and 2 Town House and Town Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Former guildhall, shop premises, dwellings. 7 related planning applications.

Numbers 1 and 2 Town House and Town Cottage

WRENN ID
dusted-cinder-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1955
Type
Former guildhall, shop premises, dwellings
Address
Numbers 1 and 2 Town House and Town Cottage, Church Street, Stradbroke, IP21 5HT
OS grid reference
TM 231 739
Coordinates
52.31786, 1.27253
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a former guildhall, now comprising shop premises and two dwellings, located in Stradbroke. The core of the building dates to the early 16th century, with significant alterations made in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed and plastered, with the upper floor of the front facade having exposed studding, although this was re-faced in the mid-20th century. The right gable end is of colourwashed brick dating from the 16th to 17th centuries. Some very old plasterwork remains at the rear of the building. The roof is hipped and tiled with glazed black pantiles, with plain tiles to the rear.

The building is two storeys high, and the first floor at the front is jettied, with a partial underbuilding beneath. Canted bay windows from the 20th century are set beneath a continuous plaintiled hood. A central, late 19th-century open wooden porch is supported by octagonal timber posts with bargeboards featuring pierced quatrefoils and a spike finial. Various 19th and 20th-century entrance doors are present. A gable stack is located on the right-hand side. The interior has not been fully inspected.

Local climate

Numbers 1 and 2 Town House and Town Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 20 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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