Sunset Blinds the Relic Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Shop.
Sunset Blinds the Relic Shop
- WRENN ID
- hushed-gargoyle-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Sunset Blinds the Relic Shop, 104, High Street, Needham Market
- OS grid reference
- TM 087 552
- Coordinates
- 52.15577, 1.05016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sunset Blinds and The Relic Shop are two shops located on Needham Market High Street, originally built as a blacksmith's shop in the early to mid 19th century. The building has two storeys and is constructed with a timber frame and rough-cast finish. It features a slated roof adorned with crested ridge tiles and has 19th-century internal chimneys made of red brick. The upper storey includes small-pane sash windows typical of the period. The right-hand corner of the facade is rounded and slightly recessed, showcasing curved 19th-century small-pane windows on both storeys. The shop fronts were updated in the 20th century and now include glazed panelled doors.
Local climate
Sunset Blinds the Relic Shop 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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