Moss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1987. Cottage.
Moss Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Moss Cottage, the Street, East Bergholt, CO7 6TF
- OS grid reference
- TM 069 345
- Coordinates
- 51.97126, 1.01098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moss Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the 17th century and was restored in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, with part of the building underbuilt in brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there is a red brick chimney stack. The cottage is a single storey with an attic, and the gable end facing the road is underbuilt in painted brick. It has 20th-century windows, with a three-light window on the ground floor and a two-light window above. The right side of the cottage has two 20th-century doors. The roof has a half-hipped mansard design with a central stack. Notably, the cottage was used as a studio by the young artist John Constable and has been restored by the East Bergholt Society. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Moss Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- No related consent applications matched
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