High Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
High Cottage
- WRENN ID
- night-rampart-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- High Cottage, the Street, Monks Eleigh, IP7 7AU
- OS grid reference
- TL 969 477
- Coordinates
- 52.09293, 0.87369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Cottage is likely a former medieval hall house that has undergone significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building features a cross wing at the west end with a thatched roof, while the main block is covered with tiles. It stands two storeys high and has a three-window range of double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars. A tall ridge chimney stack is present on the main block. Inside, there are remnants of the hall house frame, although it has been much altered over time.
Local climate
High 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 29 transactions since 1996
- 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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