1-4, Theobalds Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
1-4, Theobalds Cottages
- WRENN ID
- sacred-crypt-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 1-4, Theobalds Cottages, Little St Marys, Long Melford, CO10 9LQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 452
- Coordinates
- 52.07429, 0.7162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Theobalds Cottages is a block of four houses from the 18th century, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, now faced in roughcast. The buildings are two storeys high and feature a range of four windows, with casements that include some leaded lights. There are four four-panel doors arranged in pairs. The north end of the block has some weatherboarding on the first storey. The roof is tiled with old tiles and is hipped at the north end, which also incorporates the original No 1 Liston Lane.
Local climate
1-4, Theobalds Cottages 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- 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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