The Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Lodge
- WRENN ID
- lesser-bracket-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Lodge, Low Road, Fressingfield, IP21 5PE
- OS grid reference
- TM 261 775
- Coordinates
- 52.3497, 1.31922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lodge is a cottage dating from the 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. The building has one and a half storeys and features various old casement windows. There is a 19th-century door located at the north gable end and a central axial stack. Inside, much of the structure is exposed and consists of two bays. The upper floor and the stack are likely later additions. The cottage includes 17th-century newel stairs, and beside the stairs is a tall cupboard with a plank door on butterfly hinges. The roof is a clasped-purlin type, featuring arched collars and arched wind-bracing.
Local climate
The Lodge 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 88% 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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