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

28 and 29, Guildhall Street

WRENN ID
frozen-truss-jay
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
House
Address
28 and 29, Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 852 639
Coordinates
52.24242, 0.71244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

28 and 29 Guildhall Street is a pair of houses, one of which includes a shop, dating from the early 19th century but featuring a core from the 16th century. The houses have a timber-framed core that has been raised and faced in white brick, topped with a slate roof and a plain wood eaves soffit.

The exterior is three storeys high with a four-window range, featuring sash windows in plain reveals, with 16 panes on the first and second storeys. Number 29 has a small early 19th-century shop window adorned with reeded architraves and a cornice, along with 20th-century plate glass. There are two six-panel doors, which are partly glazed, also with reeded architraves and small cornices.

Inside number 29, there is an open 16th-century fireplace on the south side, which has a damaged timber lintel and a stone jamb on one side, while the rest is rendered. The front wall retains one main post and part of a middle rail, and the ceiling features a small main beam that is chamfered with scroll stops.

Local climate

28 and 29, Guildhall 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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