29 and 29a, Abbeygate Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Shop.

29 and 29a, Abbeygate Street

WRENN ID
winter-cloister-weasel
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
Shop
Address
29 and 29a, Abbeygate Street, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 854 642
Coordinates
52.24503, 0.71542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

29 and 29A Abbeygate Street is a shop with store rooms and a flat above, which was formerly a house and shop. It has a core dating from the 16th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed and rendered, with roughcast on the front and red brick at the rear, topped with slate roofs and a modillion eaves cornice.

The exterior features three storeys and cellars, with a two-window range displaying sashes without glazing bars in cased frames. There is a late 20th-century shop front. Inside, the cellars below the front range are lined with flint and brick and have heavy timber ceilings. They are divided into two by an original partition wall. The side walls are timber-framed, with fragmentary remains visible at ground level on the east side. The west wall has no framing exposed inside No. 29, but it also serves as part of the east side wall of the adjoining building, which features extensive wall paintings on its outer surface.

Local climate

29 and 29a, Abbeygate 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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