Museum · Sudbury · Suffolk

Gainsborough's House

Gainsborough's House is a museum in Sudbury, United Kingdom, birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough. It is protected as a Grade I listed building. Close by, Hedingham Castle is 10 km away, one of 20 within 15 km.

Photo: Gainsborough's House, Oxyman (CC BY 2.5)

Where

In Sudbury

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Sudbury

Inside Sudbury

Gainsborough's House is inside Sudbury’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Sudbury has 255 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Sudbury

If warmth matters, go May to September: Sudbury reaches 17–23°C.

Jan7° / 2°54 mm

Feb8° / 1°45 mm

Mar11° / 3°39 mm

Apr14° / 4°40 mm

May17° / 7°47 mm

Jun20° / 10°52 mm

Jul23° / 12°51 mm

Aug23° / 12°65 mm

Sep19° / 10°49 mm

Oct15° / 8°65 mm

Nov11° / 4°65 mm

Dec8° / 2°60 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sudbury, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Sudbury. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sudbury’s full climate →

About

Gainsborough's House

Wikipedia covers it in 3 languages.

Sudbury’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Sudbury
Official site: gainsborough.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting to Gainsborough's House

The orange dot is Gainsborough's House; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The most populous of the 8 is Sudbury, at 23,922. Each town here links to its own guide.

1 · It’s in town

Sudbury

23,922 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km north of it

Long Melford

3,895 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 3.2 km northeast of it

Great Waldingfield

1,377 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km northeast of it

Acton

1,666 people · 7 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gainsborough's House is	People	Places to visit
Sudbury	It’s in town	23,922	4
Long Melford	2.7 km north of it	3,895	7
Great Waldingfield	3.2 km northeast of it	1,377	3
Acton	3.7 km northeast of it	1,666	7
Newton	3.9 km east of it	549	2
Lamarsh	5.9 km south of it	189	2
Wickham St Paul	6.3 km southwest of it	292	2
Little Waldingfield	6.4 km northeast of it	364	3

Make a day of it

Beyond Gainsborough's House

3 museums, 2 castles and 2 historic houses are among the 20 within 15 km.

CastleHedingham Castle10 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustMelford Hall4.9 km away 3

CastleClare Castle11 km away 4

Historic houseKentwell Hall6.7 km away 5MuseumMuseum · National TrustLavenham Guildhall9.2 km away 6

MuseumColne Valley Railway11 km away 7

MuseumThe Ancient House Museum11 km away 8

GardenSergeants Orchard11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Gainsborough's House

Where is Gainsborough's House?

Gainsborough's House is in Sudbury, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gainsborough's House?

Museum in Sudbury, United Kingdom, birthplace of the leading English painter Thomas Gainsborough.

When is the best time to visit Gainsborough's House?

May to September are the warmest months in Sudbury, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Gainsborough's House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Gainsborough's House?

Within 15 km: Hedingham Castle (10 km), Melford Hall (4.9 km), Clare Castle (11 km) and Kentwell Hall (6.7 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Gainsborough's House: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Melford Hall: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Kentwell Hall: Achilver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Colne Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Ancient House Museum: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sergeants Orchard: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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