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

Oakroyd

WRENN ID
hollow-vestry-sable
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
Oakroyd, Dash End, Kedington
OS grid reference
TL 708 470
Coordinates
52.09502, 0.49258
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oakroyd is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered house. It has one storey and attics and was renovated in the 20th century. The house features casement windows with lattice leaded lights, which are also from the 20th century. A gabled porch, added in the 20th century, projects from the front. The roof is thatched and includes two sloping roofed dormers.

Local climate

Oakroyd 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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