Cottage Opposite the Boot Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Cottage. 11 related planning applications.
Cottage Opposite the Boot Inn
- WRENN ID
- scattered-chalk-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage Opposite the Boot Inn, Freston Hill, IP9 1AB
- OS grid reference
- TM 174 395
- Coordinates
- 52.01181, 1.16674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century cottage located on the east side of Freston Hill, Freston, with later alterations. It is constructed of orange-red brick and has a plain tile roof. The cottage follows a central lobby-entry plan and comprises two rooms over two storeys. The facade features a central 20th-century door flanked by four-pane sashes, all set beneath segmental brick arches. Above are matching four-pane sashes. A central stack with a swept roof rises from the centre of the roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Cottage Opposite the Boot Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 3 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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