Colman's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Colman's Cottages
- WRENN ID
- solemn-landing-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Colman's Cottages, 1-6, the Street, Brent Eleigh
- OS grid reference
- TL 942 478
- Coordinates
- 52.09443, 0.83479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Colman's Cottages is a range of six almshouses built in the 18th century. Constructed from red brick, the building features a moulded brick eaves cornice and a central pediment that has a carved tablet inscribed with "These almshouses were built and endowed by Mr Edward Colman youngest son of Robert Colman of this Parish, gent. Anno Domini 1731." The roofs are tiled, and the structure stands two storeys high. The front has a window arrangement of four:four:four casements, each with segmental arched heads and leaded lights. At the north-west and south-east ends, there are pairs of blocked window openings. The doorways are topped with tiled hoods and wood cornices. A low brick wall with bull nose coping protects the front of the almshouses.
Local climate
Colman's Cottages 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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