Jackdaws Ford is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House. 3 related planning applications.
Jackdaws Ford
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-steel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Jackdaws Ford, 30 and 32, the Street, Chelsworth, IP7 7HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 982 480
- Coordinates
- 52.09509, 0.89217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jackdaws Ford is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed and plastered building located on the north side of The Street in Chelsworth. It features a cross wing at the west end with exposed timber framing and stands two storeys tall. The main block is partly faced in painted brick. At the east end, there is a small former shop front that projects out, with exposed timber framing above it. The building has casement windows, and on the west side, there are some original windows, one of which is blocked, featuring moulded mullions. The roof is tiled and includes a large central chimney stack. Additionally, a wing extends to the north at the east end.
Local climate
Jackdaws Ford 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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