Sparrows is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Sparrows
- WRENN ID
- second-wicket-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sparrows, Assington Road, Newton, CO10 0QX
- OS grid reference
- TL 923 403
- Coordinates
- 52.02813, 0.80293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrows is an 18th- to 19th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage located on Assington Road in Newton. The building is one storey high with attics. It features small casement windows and has a thatched roof with a tall central chimney stack at the south end.
Local climate
Sparrows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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