Rustice Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.

Rustice Cottage

WRENN ID
errant-dormer-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1988
Type
House
Address
Rustice Cottage, Baby Lane, Rattlesden, IP30 0TA
OS grid reference
TL 974 573
Coordinates
52.17947, 0.88724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rustic Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, or possibly earlier. It has a low, one-story profile with attics. Originally, the house comprised three rooms arranged around a central axis. The construction is timber-framed and plastered, with a concrete tiled roof that was originally thatched. Three 19th-century dormers are set into the roof, each with a casement window. A tall, axial chimney of narrow red bricks, dating to the 17th century, is present, along with a later 19th-century internal chimney of red brick on the left-hand side. The windows are 19th-century casements. A 20th-century gabled porch with a boarded door has been added to the front.

Local climate

Rustice 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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