1, 2 and 3 Guildhall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1954. Cottage.

1, 2 and 3 Guildhall

WRENN ID
eternal-wicket-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1954
Type
Cottage
Address
1, 2 and 3 Guildhall, the Street, Walsham-Le-Willows
OS grid reference
TL 999 712
Coordinates
52.30252, 0.93169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Guildhall is a row of three cottages, originally part of a single building, dating from the 16th century. The structure is timber-framed and weatherboarded, topped with a plaintiled roof that is hipped on the left and gabled on the right. It has two storeys and consists of six bays. There are two internal red brick chimney-stacks; one is 16th century with four attached rectangular shafts set diagonally on a rectangular base, while the other is a later addition with a high plain square shaft. Both chimneys appear to be insertions from the inside.

The exterior features various 20th-century casement windows, some of which are small-paned, and four plank doors that are irregularly spaced. A fire insurance sign is visible on the upper front wall. Inside, the building boasts high-quality, very heavy timberwork. The exposed ground-floor ceilings have main beams with 3 to 4-inch chamfers and triangle stops, along with wide closely-spaced unchamfered joists. At the west end of No. 1, there is evidence of a service-end arrangement, including doorways, a dividing partition, and a slide for a blocked window on the rear wall. The exposed studding in this bay shows very closely-spaced studs. On the upper floor, there are tie-beams without braces and a roof supported by principal rafters.

Documentary evidence suggests this building may have been a rebuilding on the site of the former parish guildhall, but the quality of the structure indicates it is more likely a conversion of the Guildhall building itself.

Local climate

1, 2 and 3 Guildhall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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