New Mill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Cottage.
New Mill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-hall-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- New Mill Cottage, Mill Lane, Polstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 987 374
- Coordinates
- 52.00004, 0.89379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
New Mill Cottage, formerly known as Polstead Mill, is a 18th-century building that has been converted into a private home. Originally timber-framed and plastered, it is now encased in red brick with a tiled mansard roof. The south-west gable features weatherboarding and retains the loft hoist. Two wings extend from the main block to the north-west. The cottage is two storeys high with attics and has a three-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in flush cased frames. There are three flat-headed dormers on the front and a six-panel door. A raised brick band runs across the front between the storeys.
Local climate
New Mill Cottage 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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