Spinners Cottage and Weavers Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Cottage.
Spinners Cottage and Weavers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- under-plaster-swift
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Spinners Cottage and Weavers Cottage, 37, Chapel Street, Bildeston
- OS grid reference
- TL 991 494
- Coordinates
- 52.10708, 0.90707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spinners Cottage and Weavers Cottage is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed building located on the south side of Chapel Street in Bildeston. Originally, it incorporated No 39, which has since been re-faced. The timber framing is fully exposed with plaster infill. The building has been restored and renovated and consists of two storeys. The upper storey juts out over the front, supported by exposed joists, a weathered embattled bressumer, and curved brackets with shafts that have moulded capitals. There is a range of four casement windows, most of which feature glazing bars. No 35 has a four-centred arched doorway. The roofs are tiled. The building is listed for its significant group value.
Local climate
Spinners Cottage and Weavers 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
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