Lime Cottage, Magpie Cottage and Ruskin is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. House. 2 related planning applications.
Lime Cottage, Magpie Cottage and Ruskin
- WRENN ID
- knotted-clay-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lime Cottage, Magpie Cottage and Ruskin, Hall Street, Long Melford, CO10 9JA
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 454
- Coordinates
- 52.07636, 0.71695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of houses dating from the 16th to 17th centuries, originally timber-framed and plastered. Lime Cottage has a renovated front with decorative panel pargetting, while the rest of the range now exhibits exposed timber framing. The building has two storeys and a seven-window front, featuring small two- and three-light casement windows. The ground floor is divided into five small bays, each with its own tiled roof. A carriage entrance is located at the north end. The roof is tiled, replaced in the 20th century. A cottage at the southern end of the range has been demolished. The group value of the building lies in its historical development and representation of vernacular architecture.
Local climate
Lime Cottage, Magpie Cottage and Ruskin 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 11 transactions since 1995
- 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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