Bells Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.

Bells Corner

WRENN ID
shadowed-hearth-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
House
Address
Bells Corner, Water Lane, Polstead, CO6 5AG
OS grid reference
TL 992 378
Coordinates
52.00375, 0.90115
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bells Corner is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 17th to 18th century, featuring a tiled roof that is hipped at the north end. The structure has one storey and attics, with a three-window range of small casements that include leaded lights. It has a modern gabled porch and two flat-headed dormers. Additionally, there is a ridge chimney stack and an internal stack located at the north end.

Local climate

Bells Corner 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • 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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