12 and 13, Buttermarket is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Commercial.

12 and 13, Buttermarket

WRENN ID
grey-rotunda-briar
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
Commercial
Address
12 and 13, Buttermarket, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 852 642
Coordinates
52.2456, 0.71279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

12 and 13 Buttermarket are two adjacent buildings that have been combined into one large shop. They date from the 17th century and feature timber framing with a rendered finish and slate roofs, along with paired modillion eaves soffits. The exterior has three storeys. No. 12 has a four-window arrangement, with small-paned sashes in flush cased frames on the second storey, and long two-light casements with a single horizontal bar and stucco architraves with cornices on the first storey. The ground storey has a 20th-century shop front. No. 13 has a three-window range with six-pane sashes on the second storey and a four-window range of sashes with a single vertical bar on the first storey, all in flush cased frames. It also features a 20th-century shop front on the ground storey. Although there are no notable features visible inside, both buildings contribute to the townscape. They were previously listed separately.

Local climate

12 and 13, Buttermarket 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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