Saham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Saham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- far-pinnacle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Saham Cottage, Quay Street, Orford, IP12 2NU
- OS grid reference
- TM 424 495
- Coordinates
- 52.09148, 1.53788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Saham Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 18th century. It has a timber frame construction, with plastered gables and a brick facade. The house is two storeys high, with two windows. The first floor has casement windows, while the ground floor has sash windows with glazing bars, set in recessed frames and topped with segmental arches. The main entrance is through a six-panelled door, and an axial brick stack is visible.
Local climate
Saham Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
- 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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