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

White Shutters

WRENN ID
third-entrance-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
White Shutters, Ousden
OS grid reference
TL 742 595
Coordinates
52.20705, 0.5486
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White Shutters is a 17th century timber-framed cottage that was refronted in the 19th century using flint and stone rubble. The building has one storey and attics, featuring casement windows with panelled shutters. The entrance includes a four-panel door topped with a hood supported by brackets. The roof is thatched and has two gabled dormers. White Shutters, along with its outbuildings and the premises immediately to the east, form a group.

Local climate

White Shutters 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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