Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- haunted-railing-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fern Cottage, 17, Gracechurch Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, IP14 6RA
- OS grid reference
- TM 172 632
- Coordinates
- 52.22453, 1.18011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fern Cottage is an early 19th-century house located at 17 Gracechurch Street in Debenham. It is constructed of red brick and features a roof made of glazed black pantiles. The building has two storeys and a three-bay facade. The windows are sash style with glazing bars set in flush frames, and they are topped with segmental arches. The centre of the facade has a blank panel. The doorcase is adorned with a broad architrave, pilasters, and a cornice, and it includes a six-panel raised and fielded door. There are additions to the right of the house that are not of special interest. Fern Cottage is included for its group value context.
Local climate
Fern Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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