The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-niche-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Bull Lane, Long Melford, CO10 0BG
- OS grid reference
- TL 874 458
- Coordinates
- 52.07929, 0.73403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a timber-framed house with a cross wing situated at the east end. It likely dates back to the medieval period, with alterations made during the 16th and 17th centuries. The western bay of the main section of the house has been plastered, while the rest of the timber frame remains exposed with plaster infill. The upper storey of the cross wing juts out from the front, supported by exposed joists. The main block is one storey high with attics, while the cross wing is two storeys high. Windows are lattice-leaded casements, and the ground-floor window of the cross wing is flanked by small, high-level lights. The roof is tiled. A tall chimney stack is located on the south side of the main block, and there is one modern dormer window.
Local climate
The Old Cottage 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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