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

Eleys Cottage

WRENN ID
swift-balcony-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Eleys Cottage, Hadleigh Road, Elmsett, IP7 6NF
OS grid reference
TM 050 457
Coordinates
52.07249, 0.99106
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Eleys Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building, likely dating from the 17th to 18th century. It has been renovated and features a thatched roof with a ridge chimney stack and an end stack at the north-west end. The cottage has one gabled dormer on the front and consists of one storey with attics. Casement windows are present throughout the building.

Local climate

Eleys Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
  • 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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