The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- frozen-gateway-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Croft, the Street, Monks Eleigh, IP7 7AU
- OS grid reference
- TL 970 477
- Coordinates
- 52.09278, 0.87578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 15th to 16th century, located on the north side of The Street in Monks Eleigh. It features cross wings at both the east and west ends, with a roof that is tiled and a central block that is higher than the wings. The front of the building is faced in 19th-century red brick and it stands two storeys tall. There is a four-window range on the ground storey, consisting of double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars, and above are casements that resemble sashes, featuring opening centre panes. A ridge chimney stack is present on the roof.
Local climate
The Croft 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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