Giffords is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. House.
Giffords
- WRENN ID
- young-spandrel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Giffords, 51, High Street, Ixworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 933 706
- Coordinates
- 52.29984, 0.8339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Giffords is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is two storeys high and constructed of colour-washed gault brick, featuring end chimney stacks and a plain tiled roof. The building has three windows, which are sashes set in flush frames with flat arches, and the upper storey windows have small panes. The entrance includes a six-panel door topped by a blank semi-circular fanlight.
Local climate
Giffords 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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