Swan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Swan Cottage

WRENN ID
shifting-gateway-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1958
Type
Cottage
Address
Swan Cottage, the Street, Brent Eleigh, CO10 9NU
OS grid reference
TL 943 477
Coordinates
52.09388, 0.83564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swan Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building likely dating to the 17th century, with a cross wing added at the north end. The main part of the cottage is one storey and attics high, while the cross wing is two storeys. The roof is thatched. Remnants of old pargeting are visible on the front elevation. The windows are casement type. A small 18th-century bay window is present and likely originally served as a shop window.

Local climate

Swan 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
  • 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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