Brook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. House.
Brook Cottage
- WRENN ID
- noble-trefoil-rook
- 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
- Brook Cottage, Wickhambrook
- OS grid reference
- TL 749 547
- Coordinates
- 52.16344, 0.5563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook Cottage is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed house featuring a gabled wing that projects at the front. The exterior is faced in brick from the 19th century and is now colourwashed. The building has one storey and attics. The windows include a mix of 20th century casements and early to mid-19th century windows with arched lights. The doorway, located in the projecting wing, is sheltered by a wood latticed porch. The roof is thatched and includes two gabled dormers.
Local climate
Brook Cottage 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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