Sole Bay Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. House.

Sole Bay Cottage

WRENN ID
seventh-gutter-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1971
Type
House
Address
Sole Bay Cottage, 4, South Green, Southwold, IP18 6ET
OS grid reference
TM 508 760
Coordinates
52.32502, 1.67981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sole Bay Cottage is a house dating from the early 19th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed of gault brick and features a hipped roof covered with black-glazed pantiles and a brick ridge stack.

The exterior has a two-storey, two-window front. The entrance consists of a six-panelled front door with glazed top panels, which is set beneath an overlight with glazing bars and a gauged skewback arch. To the left of the entrance is a two-storey canted bay window that contains 0/0 and 2/2 horned sashes. On the right side of the first floor, there is a glazed and panelled French door, although the balcony that once accompanied it is now missing.

The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Sole Bay Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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