Numbers 1 and 2 Dairy Cottages and Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House.

Numbers 1 and 2 Dairy Cottages and Dairy

WRENN ID
far-cellar-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
House
Address
Numbers 1 and 2 Dairy Cottages and Dairy, Hall Street, Long Melford
OS grid reference
TL 862 454
Coordinates
52.07643, 0.71698
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1 and 2 Dairy Cottages and Dairy are early to mid-19th century brick houses located on Hall Street in Long Melford. They are now colourwashed and stand two storeys tall, featuring a three-window range. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in plain reveals and topped with stucco cornice lintels on stub brackets. The central tenement includes a small 20th-century shop window. The roof is covered with slate. These buildings are included for their group value.

Local climate

Numbers 1 and 2 Dairy Cottages and Dairy 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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