34, Angel Hill is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1972. Shop and offices.

34, Angel Hill

WRENN ID
sleeping-hinge-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1972
Type
Shop and offices
Address
34, Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 855 641
Coordinates
52.24408, 0.71652
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

34 Angel Hill is a shop and offices that was originally a shop and house. It has a core that dates back to the 16th century, with a front added in the early 19th century. The building is timber-framed and has a front faced with painted brick, topped by a slate roof.

The exterior features two storeys, with a one-bay addition to the north and a small extension at the rear. It has a basic two-cell plan and a three-window range, consisting of two 16-pane sash windows set in deep reveals and one central blocked window. The late 20th-century shop front is designed in a traditional style, featuring a plain fascia, vertical glazing bars in the lights, and a central entrance. A door on the left provides access to the upper storey.

The small adjacent section to the north is timber-framed, with the upper storey rendered and the ground storey faced with a projecting layer of painted brick. It has a shallow-pitched slate roof and a canted bay on the upper storey with sash windows in heavy moulded cased frames, including a central 12-pane window and diminished side-lights.

Inside, the main range has an original stud partition that divides the upper storey into two rooms. On the ground storey, there is a chamfered main ceiling beam with curved stepped stops, although most of it is boxed in. The extended rear wall features a section made of random stone blocks.

Local climate

34, Angel Hill 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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