Hillcrest and Mowle's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. A C19 House. 5 related planning applications.
Hillcrest and Mowle's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-foundation-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hillcrest and Mowle's Cottage, Cross Green, Hitcham, IP7 7LL
- OS grid reference
- TL 989 529
- Coordinates
- 52.13877, 0.90622
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillcrest and Mowle’s Cottage are an early 19th-century timber-framed and plastered building with a slate roof, with a smaller 18th-century block at the south-east end having a tiled, half-hipped roof. Both blocks are two stories high. The main block has a three-window range on its south-west side, and a single window range (two windows on the ground floor) on its north-west side, featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. Two modern porches have been added to the south-west side.
Local climate
Hillcrest and Mowle's Cottage 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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