St Margarets Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. House.
St Margarets Priory
- WRENN ID
- roaming-minaret-swift
- 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
- House
- Address
- St Margarets Priory, Rattlesden
- OS grid reference
- TL 972 564
- Coordinates
- 52.17131, 0.88307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Margaret's Priory is a house with a core dating back to the 15th century, featuring alterations from several periods. The building consists of three main sections: to the right is a 15th-century crosswing, in the center is a two-window range, and to the left is a small, lower service range. It is two storeys high and constructed of timber framing with plaster. The crosswing has a jettied first floor, showcasing exposed joist-ends and close-studding, supported by a pair of knees beneath the jetty. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there are two red brick chimneys—one in the hall range and another at the rear of the crosswing. The windows are mainly early 20th-century three-light casements, some of which have leaded glazing; two of the first-storey windows may date from the 18th century. The entrance door is boarded and from the 20th century. The main ranges of the building are of 17th-century or earlier origin. The interior has not been examined.
Local climate
St Margarets Priory 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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