The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- odd-arch-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, the Green, Hartest, IP29 4DH
- OS grid reference
- TL 834 524
- Coordinates
- 52.14019, 0.67955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a 18th century house located on the east side of The Green in Hartest. The building features a red brick front that conceals an earlier timber-framed and plastered structure. It is two storeys high and has a three-window range with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The central doorway is topped by a Victorian porch, which has a swept lead-covered canopy supported by posts. The roof is tiled and includes a moulded and dentilled wood eaves cornice.
Local climate
The Limes 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 — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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