Dale House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. House. 1 related planning application.

Dale House

WRENN ID
ancient-gutter-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
House
Address
Dale House, Hitcham, IP7 7PU
OS grid reference
TL 978 522
Coordinates
52.1329, 0.8887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dale House is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building with a thatched roof. It has been renovated and stands two storeys high. The building features casement windows with modern leaded lights and includes one dormer on the front ridge above the chimney stack.

Local climate

Dale House 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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