The Blackbirds is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. A C18 Public house.
The Blackbirds
- WRENN ID
- wild-crypt-birch
- 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
- Public house
- Address
- The Blackbirds, 14, Bridewell Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 1RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 855 639
- Coordinates
- 52.24233, 0.71606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blackbirds is a house that was formerly a public house, dating from the early 18th century. It is timber-framed and rendered, with the north gable wall roughcast. The building features a mansard roof covered with dark plain tiles alternating with bands of fishscale tiles, and has a decorated ridge. There are two internal chimney-stacks with tall plain red brick shafts.
The exterior has two storeys, cellars, and attics, with a two-window range consisting of sashes in flush cased frames that have a single vertical bar in the lights. There are two flat-headed lead-covered dormers, each with two-light 4-pane casement windows. The ground storey has two flat-headed canted bays with sash windows that also have a single vertical bar and diminished side lights. The central entrance is accessed by steps and features a doorcase with reeded pilasters and a plain architrave, along with a four-panelled door that has two leaves. There are later extensions at the rear.
Inside, the ground storey has very small chamfered main beams exposed, and some widely spaced framing is visible on the south side wall. In the upper rear wall, there are two original two-light casement windows with square leading and ornate catches. The attics are plastered.
Local climate
The Blackbirds 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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