The Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Shelter
- WRENN ID
- sheer-foundation-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Shelter, 80, Thurlow Road, Great Wratting, Haverhill, CB9 7HG
- OS grid reference
- TL 687 482
- Coordinates
- 52.10679, 0.46276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shelter is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 17th to 18th centuries. It is one storey high with attics. The windows are casement types. The roofs are thatched, with two gabled dormers which are tiled. It forms a group with Fairstead (No. 50) and Pond Cottage.
Local climate
The Shelter 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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