Shambles is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. A Early Modern Cottage.

Shambles

WRENN ID
wild-vault-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1983
Type
Cottage
Period
Early Modern
Address
Shambles, 55 and 57, High Street, Ixworth
OS grid reference
TL 933 706
Coordinates
52.30018, 0.83423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shambles is a row of three cottages, now converted into two, dating from the early 19th century. The cottages were raised and altered in the mid 19th century and further converted in the mid 20th century. They are two storeys high and constructed from dark knapped flint, featuring original dressings in red brick and later dressings and heightening in gault brick. The roof is slate. There are four windows, which are small-paned sashes with segmental heads to the frames on the ground floor. The doors date from around 1980.

Local climate

Shambles 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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