15 and 16, The Traverse is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. House.

15 and 16, The Traverse

WRENN ID
nether-rotunda-sedge
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
15 and 16, The Traverse, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 852 642
Coordinates
52.24495, 0.71275
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 15 and 16 on The Traverse is a house that has been divided into two shops. It was built in the mid-19th century and features white brick construction with a slate roof that has a mutule eaves soffit. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window range with sash windows; the top lights have six panes, while the lower panes are plain glass, all set in plain reveals with moulded wood lintels. The ground storey has 20th-century shop fronts. The rear range, which faces Skinner Street, is constructed of red brick.

Local climate

15 and 16, The Traverse 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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