6, The Traverse is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1972. House, shop.

6, The Traverse

WRENN ID
rooted-portal-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1972
Type
House, shop
Address
6, The Traverse, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 852 642
Coordinates
52.24549, 0.71257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 6 The Traverse is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the 18th century. It features a timber frame that is rendered, topped with a parapet and a moulded stucco cornice, and has a slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has three windows across its front. The first storey has 15-pane 20th-century sash windows, while the second storey has 12-pane sash windows, all set in flush cased frames. The ground storey features a 20th-century shop front designed in a traditional style. At the rear, facing Skinner Street, the elevation has been rebuilt in red brick, with small-paned sash windows that are irregularly spaced and a rounded brick arch above the doorway.

Local climate

6, 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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