May Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. A Early C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

May Cottage

WRENN ID
north-arch-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
May Cottage, Church Lane, Kenton, IP14 6JH
OS grid reference
TM 190 658
Coordinates
52.24728, 1.20703
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

May Cottage is a former farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with a 20th-century gabled addition set forward to the left. The building was renovated in 1978 and features a timber frame with smooth render and a roof made of interlocking concrete pantiles. It has a two-cell form and stands two storeys tall. The mid-20th-century windows are standard small-paned casements, while there are two original first-floor diamond-mullioned windows located in the right gable end and at the rear, with another visible inside. The entrance door is situated in the side wall of the 20th-century addition. There is an internal stack with a rendered shaft and a small rear lean-to, likely from the 19th century.

Inside, the frame consists of three unequal bays, much of which is exposed. The structure features cranked corner braces, and the front upper window to the left has a deeper sill and likely projects. The ceiling of the left cell has heavy square joists, while the joists in the larger right cell are concealed. The newel stair is mostly original, and the roof contains one row of clasped purlins and deep collars, with no wind-bracing apparent.

Local climate

May 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
  • 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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