Widows' Homes is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.
Widows' Homes
- WRENN ID
- broken-slate-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Widows' Homes, Main Road, Woolverstone, IP9 1AR
- OS grid reference
- TM 185 385
- Coordinates
- 52.00221, 1.18204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are widows' homes, built in 1887 for the Berners estate. They are constructed of red brick with a tile-hung first floor and a plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and consists of a four-bay central section with single-bay cross wings projecting to each end. The design is in a Domestic Revival style. The front features Tudor-arched plank doors with carved spandrels set within moulded surrounds. The windows are ovolo mullioned with four lights and leaded glass. A plaque is located on the centre of the first floor, displaying a crest and the inscription "HB 1887 WIDOWS HOMES". Gabled half dormers have mullioned windows with leaded lights, bargeboards and finials. The gabled cross wings also feature finials. The roof sweeps upwards and has cresting, along with three groups of ridge stacks with moulded cornices.
Local climate
Widows' Homes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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