Cottrell's is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
Cottrell's
- WRENN ID
- high-latch-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cottrell's, Lower Oakley, Brome and Oakley, IP21 4AP
- OS grid reference
- TM 156 778
- Coordinates
- 52.35633, 1.16498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cottrell's is a house that has been converted into two estate cottages. It has a medieval core with alterations from the 16th century and later modifications. To the right, there is a mid-19th century addition, along with further work completed around 1980. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof, and consists of one and a half storeys in a two-cell layout. It features small-paned casement windows, two gabled dormers, and two glazed doors, most of which date from the mid-20th century. There is an internal stack, and the mid-19th century one-bay addition is constructed of rendered brick with a pantiled roof and stands two storeys tall. This addition includes original three-light casement windows set under segmental arches and louvred shutters, as well as a gable stack with two square shafts arranged diamondwise.
Inside, the building has partly exposed full-height studding, with two curved braces visible in the rear wall. The right cell contains wallposts with blocked mortices located about 0.5 meters below the current floor level. The left cell features a 16th-century ceiling with an axial bridging beam and plain joists set flat, along with an unusually large 16th-century open fireplace with its original lintel. The right cell has an 18th-century ceiling with on-edge joists and an open fireplace, which may date from the later 17th century. The roof is supported by common rafters, and the stairs to both cottages have been preserved.
Local climate
Cottrell's 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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