Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-moulding-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, Great Ashfield, IP31 3HY
- OS grid reference
- TM 006 681
- Coordinates
- 52.27491, 0.93929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a thatched cottage, likely dating from the 16th or early 17th century, and built in two distinct stages. It has a three-cell plan, with a timber frame and plaster infill. Some 18th or early 19th century herringbone pargetting (decorative brickwork) is visible on the right side. The roof is thatched. A notable feature is an early 17th century axial chimney constructed of red brick, with a sunk date panel on both the front and back of its base. The windows are mostly early 19th century casements, with one replacement window from the mid-20th century. A late 19th century entrance porch features a four-panelled door. There's evidence suggesting the parlour cell may be of a different date and is structurally discontinuous. A thatched extension, dating from the 18th or 19th century, is located at the front on the right side, with a catslide roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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