Row of Cottages Between Motts Farm and Home Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1973. A C18/C19 Row of cottages.

Row of Cottages Between Motts Farm and Home Farm

WRENN ID
endless-cobble-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1973
Type
Row of cottages
Address
Row of Cottages Between Motts Farm and Home Farm, Chilton Street, Clare
OS grid reference
TL 756 470
Coordinates
52.09346, 0.56314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This row of cottages, located between Motts Farm and Home Farm, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The cottages are one storey with an attic and feature rendered timber framing. They have small paned casement windows and plank doors. There are six slope top dormers with small paned windows, and the old tile roof is partly stripped. The cottages have plain stacks and form a picturesque group.

Local climate

Row of Cottages Between Motts Farm and Home Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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  6. Gates to Chilton Hall Grade II 282 m
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