West Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
West Cottages
- WRENN ID
- watchful-column-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Cottages, Sibton, IP17 2JU
- OS grid reference
- TM 369 715
- Coordinates
- 52.29122, 1.47354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Cottages is a former farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages, originally built in the early 17th century. In the early 19th century, when it was divided into cottages, the main range was extended at the left end and a red brick wing was added centrally and set forward. The building features a timber frame with plaster, red brick on the left gable end, and some mid-20th century brick casing, all topped with a thatched roof. It is a single storey with an attic and has various 18th and 19th century casement windows with square leaded panes, along with three boarded doors. There are two dormers with scalloped bargeboards, and the right gable end includes a window with early diamond leaded glass. The gable end that is set forward also has scalloped bargeboards. Inside, there are two internal stacks and one at the left gable end. The right end of the building is the least altered and showcases some good exposed timbering.
Local climate
West Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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