Rushbrooks is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House. 4 related planning applications.
Rushbrooks
- WRENN ID
- crooked-forge-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rushbrooks, the Street, Monks Eleigh, IP7 7AU
- OS grid reference
- TL 968 476
- Coordinates
- 52.09182, 0.87152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rushbrooks is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building located on the south side of The Street in Monks Eleigh. It features cross wings at both the east and west ends, with a tiled roof. The building is two storeys high. The upper storey of the east cross wing and the main block have jettied elements supported by exposed joists and bressumers. There are four windows, featuring 3- and 4-light casements. An extension at the east end incorporates an old boarded and nailed door. The building has undergone renovation and restoration.
Local climate
Rushbrooks 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2007
- 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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