The Harwell is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Cottage.

The Harwell

WRENN ID
slow-ember-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
Cottage
Address
The Harwell, Spout Lane, Little Cornard
OS grid reference
TL 898 372
Coordinates
52.0011, 0.7649
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Harwell is a timber-framed and plastered cottage located on Spout Lane in Little Cornard. It primarily features 18th-century and later external elements. The cottage is believed to date back to 1620, a date that is scratched into the plaster on the gables of the dormers, which were added in the 20th century. The roof is tiled and includes two gabled dormers along with a central chimney stack. There is also an addition at the east end of the cottage that has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

The Harwell sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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