70, Guildhall Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. House.
70, Guildhall Street
- WRENN ID
- mired-grate-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 70, Guildhall Street, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 852 639
- Coordinates
- 52.24239, 0.71205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
70 Guildhall Street is a house that has been divided into three flats, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with white brick dressings and features a plain parapet topped with a heavy stucco dentil cornice. The building has a plaintiled mansard roof and consists of two storeys, attics, and a cellar.
The exterior has a five-window range, all of which are 12-pane sashes set in plain reveals with projecting stone sills and flat gauged arches. The ground storey features four similar but longer windows. There are three hipped dormers with moulded wood cornices, each containing 6-pane sash windows. The central entrance door is a six-panel design with the top two panels glazed. It is accessed by a flight of stone steps that are set within the panelled reveals of the doorcase, which includes panelled pilasters, an open pediment adorned with fret ornament on enriched console brackets, and a fanlight with Baroque metalwork.
Inside, the entrance hall features a notable 18th-century staircase with turned balusters, ramped moulded handrails, and open bracketed strings.
Local climate
70, 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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