Cottage to West of Thorington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Cottage to West of Thorington Hall

WRENN ID
heavy-kitchen-lake
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 to West of Thorington Hall, Belstead Lane, Wherstead, IP9 2BD
OS grid reference
TM 143 410
Coordinates
52.02649, 1.1234
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cottage to the west of Thorington Hall is a former service range, likely built in the 17th century, with later alterations. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered and partially cased in brick, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is single storey with an attic.

On the entrance front, which was formerly the rear, there is a six-paned door to the left and a half-glazed door to the right, both sheltered by a pent tiled porch. To the left, there is a 12-pane sash window, and to the right, a casement window next to an external stack, which has been partially rebuilt. There is also a further 20th-century window to the right. The cottage has a gabled dormer with bargeboards and a casement window, and the roof is swept with bargeboards at the gables. An additional external stack is located to the left. The interior has not been fully inspected, but visible features include studded walls and chamfered beams and joists.

Local climate

Cottage to West of Thorington Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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