Kings Farm and Oriole Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1961. House.
Kings Farm and Oriole Cottage
- WRENN ID
- outer-cobalt-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kings Farm and Oriole Cottage, Little St Mary'S, Long Melford, Sudbury, CO10 9HY
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 452
- Coordinates
- 52.07421, 0.71666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kings Farm and Oriole Cottage is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located in Long Melford. It features a cross wing at the north end and stands two storeys high, with the upper storey jettied on the west front. The main block has leaded casement windows, including a prominent five-light mullioned and transomed window on the upper storey. The cross wing contains 20th century casements and two small bays on the ground storey beneath the jetty. The roof is tiled and has a large square central chimney stack. Inside, the house showcases exposed ceiling beams and joists.
Local climate
Kings Farm and Oriole 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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