Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. A C18 House.
Brook House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-rubble-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brook House, Bures Road, Great Cornard
- OS grid reference
- TL 885 393
- Coordinates
- 52.02048, 0.74649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook House is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered house that has 19th century additions. It stands two storeys high and features a four-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. The central entrance has a six-panel door, with the two upper panels being glazed, and is framed by a wooden doorcase that has a moulded frieze and cornice. At the south end, there is a long 19th century red brick wing that extends to the east. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
Brook House 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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