Wheatsheaf Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. House.

Wheatsheaf Cottage

WRENN ID
swift-pewter-holly
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
Wheatsheaf Cottage, Great Thurlow
OS grid reference
TL 678 502
Coordinates
52.12523, 0.45096
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheatsheaf Cottage is an early 19th century timber-framed house that is faced in stucco with V jointed simulated ashlar. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars and louvred shutters. A wooden porch projects from the front of the cottage. The roof is slate and has a double-pitched design. Wheatsheaf Cottage is part of a group that includes the Rose and Crown Public House, Nos 112A and 113A, No 112, and the Post Office and stores.

Local climate

Wheatsheaf Cottage 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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