1 and 2 Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1984. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2 Church Cottages
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pewter-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1984
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- 1 and 2 Church Cottages, Culford, CO6 4QP
- OS grid reference
- TL 834 702
- Coordinates
- 52.30012, 0.68833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 and 2 Church Cottages, also known as the Widows' Cottages, are a row of four almshouses built in 1856, now functioning as two separate cottages. They are single-storey structures made of random kidney flint with decorative white brick details. The roofs are covered in fishscale tiles, featuring ornamental cresting and high brick copings on the gables, topped with pinnacles at the apex. Each cottage has two internal chimney stacks, each with two rounded shafts that have different ornate designs. The cottages feature three-light casement windows, which still show remnants of decorative leading, set within rectangular surrounds of chamfered brick. There are two gabled porches, designed with copings and finials similar to the main roof, and each porch has pointed Gothic doorways. Inside each porch, there are two plank doors with ornamental wrought-iron hinges and applied pilaster strips, along with a wooden bench beside each door.
Local climate
1 and 2 Church 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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