15 (Bec Cottage) and 17 Chapel Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House.
15 (Bec Cottage) and 17 Chapel Street
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cobble-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- 15 (Bec Cottage) and 17 Chapel Street, Bildeston
- OS grid reference
- TL 992 494
- Coordinates
- 52.10726, 0.90777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
15 (Bec Cottage) and 17 Chapel Street is a building that originally served as a small medieval hall house, featuring cross wings at both the east and west ends, each with jettied upper storeys. The structure has two storeys, with the hall block having an additional storey in the attic. The windows are primarily 18th and 19th century double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and the doors are four-panel types. The roofs are tiled, with a ridge chimney stack located on the west wing and one dormer on the central block. The building is noted for its significant group value.
Local climate
15 (Bec Cottage) and 17 Chapel Street 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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