The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Building. 6 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- late-flagstone-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Building
- Address
- The Cottage, Mill Street, Polstead, CO6 5AD
- OS grid reference
- TL 988 374
- Coordinates
- 52.00004, 0.89531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is likely from the 15th to 16th centuries and is a timber-framed building with plaster infill, featuring a cross wing towards the north end. The roof is tiled. The main block is one storey high with attics, while the cross wings are two storeys. Casement windows are present, and there is one gabled dormer on the front elevation. An end chimney stack is located on the south side. The interior retains heavy exposed timber framing, including ceiling beams and joists.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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