1 and 2 Maulkins Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. A Medieval House.
1 and 2 Maulkins Cottages
- WRENN ID
- eternal-kitchen-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- 1 and 2 Maulkins Cottages, Fen Road, Pakenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 933 677
- Coordinates
- 52.27344, 0.83294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Maulkins Cottages, now divided into two cottages, is a house dating from the late 15th century to early 16th century, with alterations made in the mid-20th century. The building is 1 and a half storeys high and has a three-cell plan, positioned sideways to the road. It features a timber frame with plaster on the north side, while the south and west sides are encased in 20th-century fletton brick. The roof is covered with 20th-century pantiles, laid over the original thatch, and the ends of the original rafters extend out along the north side. Inside, there is an internal chimney stack with two square detached shafts connected by later brickwork. The windows have been altered in the 20th century, and there is one large flat-headed dormer on the south side. Inside, a heavy main beam has been inserted across what was once an open hall, and there are remnants of a long hall window in the north wall.
Local climate
1 and 2 Maulkins Cottages 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 86% 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 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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