Oak Bough is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 2 related planning applications.
Oak Bough
- WRENN ID
- rusted-plaster-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oak Bough, Polstead Street, Stoke-By-Nayland, CO6 4SA
- OS grid reference
- TL 988 363
- Coordinates
- 51.99005, 0.89416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Bough is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 16th to 17th centuries, located in Stoke-by-Nayland. It features a cross wing projecting to the north, with the upper storey of this wing jettied. The house is two storeys high. The upper-storey windows now contain modern casements, while the ground-floor windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The roof is tiled, using old tiles, and has external chimney stacks positioned at the north and south ends.
Local climate
Oak Bough 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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