Bower House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.
Bower House
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-pier-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bower House, Polstead, CO6 5DD
- OS grid reference
- TL 983 408
- Coordinates
- 52.031, 0.89033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower House is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 16th to 17th centuries, with a tiled roof and a prominent chimney stack. The house has two storeys and attics, and originally presented a three-window front; most windows are 18th-century double-hung sashes with glazing bars, although the east range now has modern casements. A small wing extends to the rear, to the north. A four-panel door is protected by a doorcase featuring pilasters and a cornice. The building has group value from this period.
Local climate
Bower 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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