The Old Rectory the Sue Ryder Home is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. House.
The Old Rectory the Sue Ryder Home
- WRENN ID
- pitched-vestry-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory the Sue Ryder Home, High Street, Cavendish
- OS grid reference
- TL 806 464
- Coordinates
- 52.0868, 0.63554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, also known as The Sue Ryder Home, is a 16th-century house that features a timber frame and plaster exterior. It has undergone significant alterations and additions in the 20th century. The building has gabled crosswings that project at both the east and west ends. The east wing includes a jettied upper storey with exposed timber-framing. At the rear, there is a long wing that extends from the main structure. The house is two storeys tall, and most of the windows are 20th-century casements with lattice leaded lights. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
The Old Rectory the Sue Ryder Home 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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