Shilling Grange and Shilling Old Grange Cottage is a Grade I listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A C15 House. 3 related planning applications.
Shilling Grange and Shilling Old Grange Cottage
- WRENN ID
- brooding-granite-gorse
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shilling Grange and Shilling Old Grange Cottage, Shilling Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, CO10 9RH
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 491
- Coordinates
- 52.10783, 0.79929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A large house dating from the 15th century and later, constructed with timber framing and plaster, and originally covered with a tiled roof. The building was refronted in the 18th century, but the southern portion was heavily restored in the 1920s when the timber framing was revealed and the front returned to its original half-timbered appearance.
At the rear is a courtyard featuring jettied gables and arched doorways. The house was rented in 1736 by Isaac Taylor, the engraver and father of Jane and Ann Taylor ("Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"), for £6 per annum; the family moved to another property in 1793.
Shilling Grange has a good 18th-century plastered front with pebbledash rusticated panels and a modillion wood eaves cornice. The upper storey has two two-light leaded casements and one double-hung sash window with glazing bars; the ground storey has double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A six-panel door is protected by a fine wood doorcase with fluted pilasters and an open dentilled pediment, topped with a semi-circular fanlight with fan glazing. The north side has a blocked four-centred arch with carved spandrels.
The south part has three jettied gables on the front, and the timber framing is exposed. The upper storey is jettied across the entire front, and there is a carved beam with ribbon ornamentation. Two four-light mullioned windows are on each storey, flanked by high-level mullioned windows that extend across the whole front. A modern porch entrance is in an "old style". The south side features exposed timber framing, leaded casements, and a four-centred arched doorway with carved spandrels.
The interior includes many interesting features, including large cellars.
Local climate
Shilling Grange and Shilling Old Grange 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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