Wilwyn and the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1988. House. 6 related planning applications.
Wilwyn and the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sacred-span-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wilwyn and the Cottage, the Street, Hessett, IP30 9AZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 936 615
- Coordinates
- 52.21847, 0.83297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wilwyn and The Cottage are two houses that were originally built as one in the late 14th or 15th century, with later alterations made in the late 16th century and mid 20th century. The buildings are one storey with attics, and there is a two-storey crosswing to the right. They have a three-cell plan and are constructed from timber framing with plaster. The roof is covered with concrete pantiles, which replaced the original thatch, and there is a mid 20th century raking dormer with a casement window. An axial chimney, with its shaft rebuilt in 19th century red brick, is present. The windows are mid 20th century casements. The Cottage features a mid 20th century half-glazed panelled entrance door and a porch with a slate roof. Wilwyn has a 19th century panelled door on the side and a conservatory-porch from the 20th century.
Inside, the main range includes an open hall, which likely had its cross-entry where the chimney is located, and a storeyed cell at the left end. The cross-wing, known as Wilwyn, was remodeled in the late 16th century and features base-crucks. A splayed scarf joint with undersquinted butts at this end suggests a possible 14th century origin. The roof has coupled rafters that are smoke-encrusted. There is a late 16th century inserted first floor in the hall, with chamfered floor joists laid flat. The hall also contains an altered late 16th or early 17th century lintelled fireplace, along with an arched chamber fireplace in the crosswing.
Local climate
Wilwyn and the Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 6 applications
- 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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