Orbells Garage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. Garage.
Orbells Garage
- WRENN ID
- other-zinc-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- Garage
- Address
- Orbells Garage, 6, Market Hill, Clare
- OS grid reference
- TL 769 453
- Coordinates
- 52.07823, 0.58113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orbell's Garage is a late 18th century or early 19th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Market Hill. It stands three storeys tall and features a three-window range with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars on the upper storeys. The ground storey includes a three-light window without glazing bars and a 19th century shopfront that has plaster detailing and a close bracketed cornice. The doorway is adorned with narrow pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. The roof is covered with slate and has a paired modillion eaves soffit. This building is part of a group of listed buildings that includes all the listed buildings in Market Hill, Church Street, Station Road, and Well Lane.
Local climate
Orbells Garage 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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