Hedgerows is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Hall house. 1 related planning application.
Hedgerows
- WRENN ID
- scattered-paling-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Hall house
- Address
- Hedgerows, Church Lane, Hitcham
- OS grid reference
- TL 985 510
- Coordinates
- 52.12178, 0.89824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hedgerows is a timber-framed and plastered building that was originally a medieval hall house. It features floor and fireplaces that were added in the 16th to 17th centuries. The building has been restored and renovated, showcasing exposed timber-framing on the front. The roof is thatched and includes a ridge chimney stack as well as an external chimney stack at the north end. It has two storeys and small casement windows, with one gabled dormer on the front. Inside, there is a tie beam with a crown post.
Local climate
Hedgerows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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