Blacksmiths Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Blacksmiths Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stranded-stair-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Blacksmiths Cottage, Bures Road, Little Cornard, CO10 0NR
- OS grid reference
- TL 887 383
- Coordinates
- 52.01136, 0.7492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacksmith’s Cottage is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage, originally used in conjunction with a forge. It was renovated and altered in the 20th century. The cottage is single-story, with a central block and lower additions to the north-west and south-east. It has 20th-century casement windows. A modern gabled porch projects from the front. The roof is tiled, and a tall, tapering chimney stack rises at the south-east end of the main block. The building has group value from its contribution to the character of the area.
Local climate
Blacksmiths Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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