85 and 85a, Whiting Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. House, offices.

85 and 85a, Whiting Street

WRENN ID
wild-lead-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
House, offices
Address
85 and 85a, Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 852 641
Coordinates
52.2441, 0.71254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

85 and 85A Whiting Street is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates from the early to mid-18th century and has undergone later alterations. The building is timber-framed and roughcast, topped with a tiled roof that features a plain parapet.

The exterior consists of two storeys, a cellar, and formerly had attics. There are four windows, which are sashes with a single vertical glazing bar set in flush cased frames. On the ground floor, there is a three-light window on the right that does not have glazing bars. The building also has two gabled 19th-century dormers. The central entrance features a six-panel door with a blank fanlight, framed by an arched wooden doorcase that has panelled reveals, panelled pilasters, and an open dentil pediment. To the far left, there is a second door with a plain doorcase and reveals that leads to No.85A on the upper storey.

The interior was extensively restored in 1970, making it difficult to identify any 18th-century or earlier features. The cellar walls have been rebricked, while the front slope of the roof remains original, featuring a very plain late clasped purlin form.

Local climate

85 and 85a, Whiting 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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