7 and 8, The Green is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Estate cottage.

7 and 8, The Green

WRENN ID
crooked-foundation-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1987
Type
Estate cottage
Address
7 and 8, The Green, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
OS grid reference
TM 484 974
Coordinates
52.51845, 1.66038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 7 and 8 on The Green are a pair of estate cottages built around 1850. They are constructed of red brick, with the upper floor featuring pebbledash rendering and some applied timbering that is partially missing. The cottages have a thatched roof and display a picturesque style with an asymmetrical form, characterized by two half-hipped gables at the front and a similar gable at the right end.

The buildings are two storeys high and have casement windows set under segmental arches, with original lead lattice cames visible only in the upper parts of each light. There is one half-dormer and two doorways, each featuring a boarded door and a half-hipped thatched porch supported by timber posts. The doorway to No. 7 is located in the side wall. The cottages also have bargeboards with pierced lobes and three red brick stacks with grouped flues, mostly arranged in a diamond pattern.

These cottages are part of a model village of estate workers' homes built around the green for Sir Morton Peto, designed by John Thomas.

Local climate

7 and 8, The Green receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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