Little Mill House (About 400 Metres West North West of Smallbridge Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1989. House. 1 related planning application.

Little Mill House (About 400 Metres West North West of Smallbridge Hall)

WRENN ID
last-ashlar-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 1989
Type
House
Address
Little Mill House (About 400 Metres West North West of Smallbridge Hall), CO8 5BJ
OS grid reference
TL 925 331
Coordinates
51.96387, 0.80064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Mill House is a house likely dating from the 16th or early 17th century, significantly remodelled in the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered timber frame with a brick plinth, and has a steeply pitched hipped pantile roof. A brick axial stack is located to the left (south east) of centre. The original plan comprised three rooms, with back-to-back fireplaces between the left and centre rooms creating a lobby entrance in front of the stack. In the 19th century, the centre room was subdivided with inserted partitions, creating a cross-passage between the centre and right-hand rooms and a small scullery or pantry at the rear. A single-storey outshut behind the left-hand room was probably added later, in the 13th or early 20th century.

The north east front is asymmetrical, with windows and a doorway disposed to the left. It features two 19th-century 16-pane sash windows with horns (probably restored in the 20th century), a circa early 20th-century plank door to the left of centre, and a similar sash on the left (south east) end. The right-hand north west end has two small 19th-century iron-frame casements with glazing bars. At the rear are two raking dormers with 13th-century 16-pane sashes, a plank door, and a 20th-century casement to the left, alongside a single-storey weather-boarded outshut to the right.

The interior's features are partially investigated, with stop-chamfered axial beams in the left and centre rooms. A late 19th-century chimneypiece and grate are in the left-hand room. The timber framing is said to be concealed, and the roof structure is likely of interest. Group value is found in its well-preserved historic character.

Local climate

Little Mill House (About 400 Metres West North West of Smallbridge Hall) 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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