Charlies Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Charlies Cottage

WRENN ID
noble-belfry-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Charlies Cottage, Church Road, Brettenham, IP7 7QR
OS grid reference
TL 967 544
Coordinates
52.15351, 0.87404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Charlies Cottage is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered building located on Church Road in Brettenham. It features a thatched roof with one dormer and is composed of one storey and attics. The cottage has modern casement windows and two doorways, one of which is boarded. It was formerly listed as White's Farm Cottage.

Local climate

Charlies 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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