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

The Cottage

WRENN ID
muffled-forge-stoat
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
The Cottage, Wickham Street, Wickhambrook
OS grid reference
TL 756 540
Coordinates
52.1566, 0.56683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered house. It has one storey and attics, with 20th century casement windows. The roof is thatched, and the attics are illuminated by windows in the gables.

Local climate

The 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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