The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1991. Cottage.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-quoin-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1991
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Hawkedon Green
- OS grid reference
- TL 798 530
- Coordinates
- 52.14615, 0.62713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the 17th century. It features a plastered timber frame and has a steeply pitched roof made of Belgium tiles with gabled ends. The building includes brick stacks at the axial and gable ends. The layout consists of three rooms and it is one storey high with an attic.
The west front has an asymmetrical arrangement of three windows, which are 19th or 20th century two-light casements with glazing bars. To the left of the center, there is a large gabled half-dormer that also has a similar casement and a sun fire insurance plaque. The doorway, located to the left of the center, features a 20th century plank door.
At the rear, there are one and two-light casements, two roof lights, and a small gabled dormer on the left. The doorway to the left has been enclosed by a large 20th century conservatory. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old 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 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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