Farthings is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1969. Cottage.
Farthings
- WRENN ID
- sharp-flint-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Farthings, Cross Green, Cockfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 896 556
- Coordinates
- 52.16631, 0.77119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farthings is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building that was re-faced in the 19th century with flint pebble and brick dressings. The roof is covered with pantiles and features three gabled dormers, along with a ridge chimney stack that has two diagonal shafts on a square base. The building has modern casement windows.
Local climate
Farthings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
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- 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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