Estate Cottages Numbers 19 and 20 is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1995. A Victorian Estate cottages.

Estate Cottages Numbers 19 and 20

WRENN ID
hushed-courtyard-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1995
Type
Estate cottages
Period
Victorian
Address
Estate Cottages Numbers 19 and 20, Helmingham
OS grid reference
TM 186 570
Coordinates
52.16843, 1.19528
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Estate Cottages numbers 19 and 20 are a pair of estate cottages built around 1840, possibly designed by Anthony Salvin, who was active at Helmingham Hall around 1841. The cottages are constructed of brick in Flemish bond with a moulded stack on the party wall. They feature a pantile roof with swept eaves and are single-storey buildings, each having one dormer facing the gable, which is off-axis with the openings below. The ground-floor openings of each unit are unevenly spaced but symmetrical when viewed as a pair. The cottages have flat-arched windows with casements that reflect an authentic design, and the doors, also of an authentic design, are set in four-centred arches. The architectural style is picturesque, blending vernacular forms with elements of the 'cottage orne' tradition. These cottages, along with numbers 3-8, 15-20, the Estate Yard, the Old Post Office near the crossroads to the north, and the Old Forge, form a cohesive group.

Local climate

Estate Cottages Numbers 19 and 20 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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