40 and 42, Bolton Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

40 and 42, Bolton Lane

WRENN ID
heavy-wall-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
40 and 42, Bolton Lane, IP4 2BT
OS grid reference
TM 166 449
Coordinates
52.06038, 1.1595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 40 and 42 on Bolton Lane are a small 17th century timber-framed and plastered cottage. The building has two storeys and features a two-window range with casement windows that have glazing bars in the upper storey. The upper storey displays remnants of panel pargetting and is marked with the date 1667 at the center of the front. The ground storey has been extended with brick, which is now painted. The roofs are tiled. Nos 40 to 44 (even) are part of a group.

Local climate

40 and 42, Bolton Lane sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 7 transactions since 2002
  • 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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