Dove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Dove Cottage

WRENN ID
seventh-brass-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Dove Cottage, 22, Norwich Road, Claydon
OS grid reference
TM 131 499
Coordinates
52.10693, 1.11152
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dove Cottage is a terrace of four cottages located on Norwich Road in Claydon. Originally built as one house in the early 16th century, it has undergone alterations over several periods. The structure is two storeys high and features timber framing that was encased in brick in the late 19th century, which is now painted. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has axial chimneys made of red brick.

Cottages 18 and 20 have late 19th-century sash windows, while cottages 16 and 22 feature late 20th-century casement windows. Each cottage has a 19th-century doorframe with a cambered head, but each has a different entrance door added in the 20th century. No. 16 showcases substantial first-floor members and tension-braced studwork. Cottages 18 and 20 include an open hall with light smoke-blackening, and the roof retains its original coupled-rafter design. No. 22 may either be an original third cell or a 16th or 17th-century extension beyond the hall. A continuous rear outshut was added during the 19th-century conversion into cottages.

Local climate

Dove Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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