Plumtree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Plumtree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- keen-lintel-honey
- 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
- House
- Address
- Plumtree Cottage, Barham Green
- OS grid reference
- TM 144 521
- Coordinates
- 52.12596, 1.13112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plumtree Cottage is a 17th-century house with a three-cell plan, featuring one storey and attics. It has a timber-framed structure that is plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The house includes a 17th-century axial chimney made of red brick, which was recapped in the 19th century, and an eyebrow casement dormer. The windows are small-pane 19th-century casements with two and three lights. There is a 20th-century entrance porch that has a thatched gabled roof and a boarded door. Inside, the complete timber-framing is exposed and is typical of 17th-century work, with back-to-back fireplaces located in the hall and parlour. A rear outshut and gable chimney were added, and the house was converted into three cottages in the 19th century.
Local climate
Plumtree 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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