The Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. Terrace of cottages. 5 related planning applications.
The Nest
- WRENN ID
- rooted-casement-sepia
- 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
- Terrace of cottages
- Address
- The Nest, 8, 9 and 10, Birds Green, Rattlesden, IP30 0RT
- OS grid reference
- TL 979 590
- Coordinates
- 52.19386, 0.89497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century terrace of three cottages located in Bird's Green, Rattlesden. The cottages are timber-framed and rendered with plaster. They have hipped thatched roofs, featuring two axial chimneys. The chimney on the left is constructed of 18th-century red brick, while the chimney on the right is of 19th-century gault brick. The cottages originally featured 3-light 18th-century casement windows; however, those at number 8 have been replaced with 20th-century steel casements. Numbers 9 and 10 have 19th-century boarded entrance doors, and number 9 includes a thatched porch supported by posts. Number 8 has a half-glazed 4-panelled entrance door and a 20th-century gabled porch on posts. The group value of the cottages lies in their cohesive appearance and representation of rural vernacular architecture.
Local climate
The Nest 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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