Primrose Cottage 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.

Primrose Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-joist-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
Primrose Cottage, Wattisham, IP7 7JT
OS grid reference
TM 003 511
Coordinates
52.1227, 0.92506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Primrose Cottage is a small 18th century timber-framed and plastered building with a thatched roof. It has one storey and attics, featuring small casement windows and a central ridge chimney stack. The cottage has been renovated.

Local climate

Primrose 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 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
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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