The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1971
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, 38, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AD
OS grid reference
TM 270 488
Coordinates
52.09171, 1.31268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a late 18th century, two-storey building constructed of red brick with a tiled roof. It features three casement windows and a brick porch that leads to a two-panel door, topped by an oblong fanlight with glazing bars. There is a modern wing added to the left side of the building. The property is also referred to as No 38 (The Cottage).

Local climate

The Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
  • 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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