Carpenters Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1977. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Carpenters Cottage

WRENN ID
young-pewter-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
Carpenters Cottage, Donkey Lane, Lawshall, IP29 4QU
OS grid reference
TL 870 551
Coordinates
52.16258, 0.73336
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Carpenter's Cottage is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered house, which may include elements from an earlier structure. The building has one storey and attics, featuring casement windows and boarded doors. It has a thatched roof with a central chimney stack and one gabled dormer.

Local climate

Carpenters Cottage 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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