91 and 91a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. House. 1 related planning application.
91 and 91a, High Street
- WRENN ID
- eternal-buttress-pigeon
- 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
- House
- Address
- 91 and 91a, High Street, Needham Market, IP6 8DQ
- OS grid reference
- TM 087 550
- Coordinates
- 52.15456, 1.05069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
91 and 91A High Street are two houses that were originally built as one open-hall house in the 15th century. The building has two storeys and features a timber-framed structure with roughcast exterior. It has a deep coved plaster eaves cornice from the early 18th century and a plaintiled roof. There is a large rear chimney from the 17th century made of narrow gault brick, as well as another chimney from the 20th century made of red brick. The windows are mid-19th century sashes with large panes, and one window includes sidelights. The entrance doors are 20th century, featuring four panels with the upper panels glazed. There is also a 20th-century garage doorway with a segmental head. Most of the timber-framing is hidden, and the open truss from the two-bay hall appears to have been removed. However, the remainder of the crownpost roof is intact, with evidence of smoke-blackening above the hall. The studwork is spaced quite widely. Additionally, there is a mid-16th century rear wing that jetties along one side wall on brackets, with a moulded binding joist and other exposed framing, as well as a complete plain crownpost roof with two-way plank bracing.
Local climate
91 and 91a, High 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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