Well House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Well house.

Well House

WRENN ID
leaning-slate-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
Well house
Address
Well House, Sudbury Road, Stoke-By-Nayland
OS grid reference
TL 984 364
Coordinates
51.99132, 0.88939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Well House is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage located on Sudbury Road in Stoke-by-Nayland. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a two-window range with small casements that have lattice leaded lights. The attic is illuminated by a double-hung sash window with glazing bars set in the gable. There is a central doorway, and the roof is tiled. The front of the cottage showcases panel pargetting.

Local climate

Well House 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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