4 and 6, Bridge Street is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. A C16 House.
4 and 6, Bridge Street
- WRENN ID
- low-wall-reed
- 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
- 4 and 6, Bridge Street, Needham Market, IP6 8AG
- OS grid reference
- TM 088 551
- Coordinates
- 52.15513, 1.05125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 4 and 6 Bridge Street are two houses built in the early 16th century, originally designed as a two-cell house with an integral shop beyond a cross-passage. The buildings are two storeys high and feature a timber-framed and plastered construction. The upper floor juts out towards the street, showcasing exposed joist-ends on knees. The timber-framing is visible from the first floor upwards, with close-studwork and long tension braces. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has end chimneys made of red brick.
The houses have early 19th-century small-pane sash windows, with No. 6 featuring panelled external shutters. The entrance doors are boarded and date from the 19th century. Internally, the original entrance doorway has an exposed arched head. The upper storey was originally undivided and includes arched-braced tie-beams and square crown-posts with two-way plank braces, suggesting it may have served as a workshop. There is a large chimney stack with a single open fireplace located within a narrower bay at the end of the hall. Additionally, there is a 17th-century two-storey wing at the rear. No. 4 underwent restoration in 1985.
Local climate
4 and 6, Bridge 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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