Corder's House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House. 4 related planning applications.
Corder's House
- WRENN ID
- standing-merlon-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Corder's House, the Hill, Polstead, CO6 5AH
- OS grid reference
- TL 991 381
- Coordinates
- 52.00597, 0.90011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Corder’s House is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 16th to 17th centuries, located in Polstead. It features a cross wing at the south end and a gabled wing on the west front. The roof is tiled. The building has been restored and renovated, with much of the timber framing exposed. The west front has two storeys and attics, with a four-window range of 18th-century leaded casement windows. A door with an 8-panel design is framed by a moulded architrave and cornice. A modern lean-to addition is present on the east side, and a large internal chimney stack with attached shafts rises on the same side.
Local climate
Corder's House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2012
- 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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