8 and 9, Gents Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
8 and 9, Gents Lane
- WRENN ID
- outer-cobalt-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8 and 9, Gents Lane, Shimpling, IP29 4HP
- OS grid reference
- TL 868 525
- Coordinates
- 52.13988, 0.72926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 8 and 9 on Gents Lane are 17th to 18th century cottages that are timber-framed and plastered. They have been renovated in the 20th century and consist of one storey with attics. The cottages feature small casement windows and boarded doors. The roofs are covered with pantiles from the 20th century and include a central square chimney stack along with two gabled dormers.
Local climate
8 and 9, Gents Lane 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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