Dingley Dell is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
Dingley Dell
- WRENN ID
- south-steeple-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dingley Dell, Brites Orchard, Whelp Street, Preston St. Mary, CO10 9NJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 950 497
- Coordinates
- 52.11206, 0.84739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dingley Dell is a timber-framed and plastered building, likely dating from the 17th to 18th century. The roof is thatched. The building is one storey high with attics. It has modern casement windows with leaded lights. Three dormers are visible on the front elevation, two of which are gabled. A modern gabled porch projects from the front. The building has been renovated.
Local climate
Dingley Dell 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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