The Old Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. House.
The Old Kennels
- WRENN ID
- solemn-granite-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Kennels, Upper Street, Stratford St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TM 046 343
- Coordinates
- 51.96986, 0.97784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Kennels is a house dating from the 16th to 17th century, with remodelling in the 18th century and later alterations. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, with part of it underbuilt in painted brick, including the right return wall. The roof is covered in plain tiles, and there are red brick stacks. The building is two storeys high and has an H-plan layout, with a two-window-bay centre and projecting cross wings. The main entrance is located on the right return side.
On the ground floor, there are 20th-century 5-light mullion and transom windows, along with 12-pane flush sash windows that have sills above. The eaves cornice and ridge stacks are also present. The wings feature 16-pane sashes on the ground floor, with the right wing having a 20th-century replacement window. The first floor of the left wing has two 12-pane flush sashes with sills, while the right wing is wider and has one 12-pane sash at a lower level. Both wings have hipped roofs. Additionally, there are casement windows and a glazed door on the right return side.
At the rear, there are additions including a two-storey bow to the rear of the left cross wing, a stair tower, and an extension under a catslide roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Kennels 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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