40 and 42, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. House. 4 related planning applications.

40 and 42, High Street

WRENN ID
winter-banister-starling
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
40 and 42, High Street, Debenham, IP14 6QW
OS grid reference
TM 174 631
Coordinates
52.22392, 1.18162
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Originally a single house, now comprising two properties, this building dates to the 16th century. It is timber-framed and now plastered, with a façade lined to resemble ashlar. The roof is pantiled. The house is two storeys high. A continuous jetty projects to the street, supported by original brackets, and displays exposed joist-ends. There are three windows, which are 18th–19th century casement windows, each with a single horizontal glazing bar. Two 4-panel doors provide access, each reached by a short flight of steps. An internal stack has a 19th-century brick shaft. A small, colourwashed brick addition dating to the 19th century is located on the left and forms part of number 42. The interior has not been inspected, but it is reported that much of the timber structure is concealed.

Local climate

40 and 42, High Street 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 83% 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 — 5 transactions since 2009
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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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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