Oast House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1986. Oast house. 2 related planning applications.
Oast House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-footing-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1986
- Type
- Oast house
- Address
- Oast House, Church Way, Onehouse, Stowmarket, IP14 3GD
- OS grid reference
- TM 017 592
- Coordinates
- 52.19417, 0.94978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former oast house that has been converted into a garage and store in the 20th century. It has a core that dates back to the 17th century or early 18th century, with possible alterations made in the 19th century. The exterior is made of red brick and was plastered in the 20th century. The roof is pantiled and features twin pyramid-shaped flues that are slated. The south wall has boarded garage doors added in the 20th century. The structure was originally designed with two cells, and a large opening was later created in the dividing wall. A floor that was once suspended about 1.5 meters above ground level has been removed, but the large square tiles, which have a grid of small holes, are now part of the current floor. There is an elliptical-headed opening into the lower chamber on the north wall, which is now blocked. The roof is well-crafted with oak framing and two tiers of butt purlins, typical of the late 17th century or 18th century, although it has been altered to accommodate the later plastered flues.
Local climate
Oast House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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