The Water is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1969. Cottage.

The Water

WRENN ID
low-casement-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1969
Type
Cottage
Address
The Water, Cockfield
OS grid reference
TL 896 555
Coordinates
52.16529, 0.77196
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Water is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building with a thatched roof, located at Cockfield Cross Green. It has a later addition at the north end and has been renovated. The building is one storey with attics and features modern casement windows, two gabled dormers, and a ridge chimney stack.

Local climate

The Water 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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