Fir Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Fir Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-barrel-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fir Tree Cottage, Church Lane, Earl Soham, IP13 7SA
- OS grid reference
- TM 235 632
- Coordinates
- 52.22219, 1.27215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th century, with the eastern section being a much later rebuilding or extension. It features a timber frame with plaster and a thatched roof. The cottage is a single storey with an attic, and it has two notable 17th-century casement windows that retain their original diamond leaded glass. The other windows and the door were added in the mid-20th century. There are two gabled dormers, one at the front and one at the rear, along with a 19th-century external stack on the west gable. The interior has been modernised.
Local climate
Fir Tree Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- 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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