60, College Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Workhouse, builder's store.

60, College Street

WRENN ID
dreaming-threshold-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1972
Type
Workhouse, builder's store
Address
60, College Street, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 854 640
Coordinates
52.24298, 0.71436
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

60 College Street is a former part of the town workhouse, which included the men's ward, workshops for shoe-making, tailoring, carpentry, the boys' school, and the mortuary. It dates from the early to mid 19th century and was used as part of the workhouse until 1884. The building is constructed of kidney flint with red brick quoins and dressings, and features a high cement-rendered plinth. Some walls at the west end have been replaced with 20th-century brick. The roof is pantiled. The structure is two storeys high and is oriented sideways, with the gable end rising directly from the street. It has a range of 12 windows that have been much altered, including some small-paned sashes, some large-pane, some blank spaces, and on the ground floor, various replacement casements. There are also two loft doors. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

60, College Street 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 85% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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