Monks Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1949. House.
Monks Cottages
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-window-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Monks Cottages, 22, 24 and 26, South Entrance, Saxmundham
- OS grid reference
- TM 385 628
- Coordinates
- 52.21223, 1.491
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monks Cottages is a row of three houses located on South Entrance in Saxmundham. They were built in the early 18th century and have undergone some alterations over the years, including the rebuilding of the left gable end in the late 20th century and the renewal of the pargetting on No. 22 in the 20th century. The houses feature a plastered timber-frame, with No. 22 being pargetted. The roofs are covered with machine tiles and plain tiles, with a ridge stack positioned centrally on Nos. 22 and 24, and at the left end.
The exterior presents a two-storey façade with five windows. Notably, No. 26 has a higher roof compared to Nos. 22 and 24. Each house has a six-panel door; No. 22 has a 19th-century door, while Nos. 24 and 26 have 20th-century doors. The ground floor features four late 18th-century three-light metal casements, and No. 22 has an additional late 20th-century casement to the right of its door. On the first floor, there are four late 18th-century three-light metal casements and one 20th-century two-light casement. At the rear, there is a two-storey outshut. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Monks Cottages 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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