Teal Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 3 related planning applications.
Teal Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tired-cobalt-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Teal Cottage, the Green East, Long Melford, CO10 9DH
- OS grid reference
- TL 867 465
- Coordinates
- 52.08595, 0.72367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Teal Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered house located on The Green in Long Melford. It possibly dates back to medieval times and features a needled main beam that has been inserted. The cottage has been restored and renovated in the 20th century. It stands two storeys tall and has casement windows. The roof is thatched and hipped. Additionally, there is a modern brick extension with a lean-to roof added to the west side.
Local climate
Teal Cottage 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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