Model Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1988. House.

Model Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
tangled-balcony-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1988
Type
House
Address
Model Farm Cottage, Park Road, Combs
OS grid reference
TM 040 565
Coordinates
52.16958, 0.98265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Model Farm Cottage is a house, probably dating from the 17th century, featuring a two-cell end-chimney plan. It has one storey and attics, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior. The roof is thatched and includes one 19th-century eyebrow casement dormer. To the right, there is a 17th-century external end chimney made of red brick, with the upper shaft rebuilt in the mid-20th century. The cottage mainly has small-pane 19th-century casements, along with one mid-20th-century casement. The entrance door is boarded and dates from the 19th century.

Local climate

Model Farm Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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