Alpha Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.
Alpha Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ruined-ashlar-kestrel
- 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
- Alpha Cottage, 92, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AE
- OS grid reference
- TM 268 487
- Coordinates
- 52.09025, 1.31035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alpha Cottage is an early 18th century building that stands two storeys high with an attic, featuring one dormer and one gable window. The structure is timber framed and plastered, with a finish that mimics ashlar stone. The roof is tiled, and there is a rendered plinth at the base. The cottage has two sash windows with glazing bars, set in flush frames. Alpha Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 76 and 78, as well as Nos 86 to 92 on Cumberland Street.
Local climate
Alpha 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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