12 and 14, Tavern Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1950. Houses/offices. 2 related planning applications.
12 and 14, Tavern Street
- WRENN ID
- small-quoin-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1950
- Type
- Houses/offices
- Address
- 12 and 14, Tavern Street, Stowmarket, IP14 1PH
- OS grid reference
- TM 047 587
- Coordinates
- 52.18853, 0.99417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
12 and 14 Tavern Street are two houses that have been converted into offices. They date from the early 17th century and were reworked in the late 18th century. The buildings are plastered and colourwashed, with a plain tile roof and two storeys.
No. 12 features three irregular bays, with a 20th-century central six-panelled door and overlight set within a moulded doorcase. To the right, there is one eight-over-eight sash window, and to the left, there are two sashes with irregularly spaced glazing bars. The first floor has three identical sash windows.
No. 14 has two irregular bays, with a recessed door to the left of the elevation, also within a moulded doorcase. This house has two sash windows on each floor, matching the pattern of No. 12. Both buildings have an eaves cornice supported by multiple brackets and a gabled roof. A saw-toothed brick ridge stack is located at the junction of the two properties. The rear of the buildings features two cross wings and two gables on the main wing.
Local climate
12 and 14, Tavern Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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