Clare Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 6 related planning applications.

Clare Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-chapel-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Clare Cottage, 6, Bear Street, Nayland-With-Wissington, CO6 4HX
OS grid reference
TL 974 343
Coordinates
51.97268, 0.8733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clare Cottage is a 17th-century timber-framed house with plaster infill, originally known as Laurel Cottage. The front facade is rendered to resemble ashlar. A large oval plaster wreath, incorporating an ornamental device with the initials "L" over "IH" and the date 1690, is displayed on the front. The house has two storeys, with a three-window arrangement on the upper storey featuring two-light leaded casement windows, and a two-window arrangement on the ground storey using double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. There is a single doorway and a small cart entrance at the east end. The roof is tiled, with a central cruciform chimney stack. The building is listed for its significance within a group of buildings.

Local climate

Clare 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
  • 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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