The Old Convent is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Convent. 1 related planning application.

The Old Convent

WRENN ID
dark-rubble-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Convent
Address
The Old Convent, Kettlebaston, IP7 7QA
OS grid reference
TL 966 503
Coordinates
52.11688, 0.87053
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Old Convent is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered building that has been altered in the 18th century and later. It has been renovated and features a thatched roof. The structure is one storey with attics and includes casement windows with glazing bars. There are three gabled dormers on the front, a ridge chimney stack, and an external stack at the north end.

Local climate

The Old Convent 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
  • 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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