17 and 18, King William Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. Houses. 1 related planning application.
17 and 18, King William Street
- WRENN ID
- kindled-kitchen-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 17 and 18, King William Street, Needham Market, IP6 8AE
- OS grid reference
- TM 087 552
- Coordinates
- 52.15561, 1.05073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 17 and 18 on King William Street are two houses, likely built as one in the 18th century, with a 16th-century wing at the rear of No. 17. The buildings are two storeys tall, with the rear wing being one storey with attics. They are timber-framed and plastered, featuring some 18th-century plasterwork with roughcast panels outlined in smooth plaster, primarily on the upper storey. The roof is made of concrete plaintiles, with old clay plaintiles at the rear, and there are red brick chimneys at the ends and rear.
At the first storey, No. 17 has small-pane late 18th-century sash windows, while the ground storey features a splayed cantilevered bay with small panes, designed in a 20th-century style that mimics the 18th century. The entrance door is four-panelled, with the upper panels being glazed. A wide 20th-century recess in the facade provides access to the doorways of Nos. 19 and 21.
The rear wing of No. 17 displays good close-studding, a coupled-rafter roof, lodged upper floor joists, and evidence of diamond-mullioned windows. There is a wide open fireplace with a truncated cambered lintel. The front range was rebuilt in the 18th century using many reused components from an earlier structure. No. 19 currently serves as a store on the ground storey and a bedroom above, both occupied by No. 21 but structurally part of No. 17.
Local climate
17 and 18, King William 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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