Melrose is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Melrose
- WRENN ID
- drifting-joist-martin
- 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
- Melrose, the Street, Mendham, IP20 0NH
- OS grid reference
- TM 270 829
- Coordinates
- 52.39744, 1.33565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melrose is a cottage that likely dates from the late 17th century, with an addition to the right and further extensions made around 1983. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a pantiled roof. The building consists of two main sections: the left side has two storeys and an attic, while the right side has one and a half storeys. The cottage features 20th-century casement windows, and the right section includes a raking dormer. There is a mid-20th-century entrance door located in the modern addition. A gable stack is present at the junction with High Hall Cottage. Much of the structure appears to be made from reused timbers, and one floor beam retains the remains of roll-moulding. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Melrose sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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