Pen Rwendell Twitchett's End is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. Cottage.

Pen Rwendell Twitchett's End

WRENN ID
open-courtyard-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Pen Rwendell Twitchett's End, Hengrave Road, Fornham All Saints
OS grid reference
TL 834 674
Coordinates
52.27423, 0.6876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pen Rwendell, also known as Twitchett's End, is a row of four cottages, now functioning as two, dating from the 18th century. The cottages are one-and-a-half storeys tall, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. They feature two internal chimney stacks with large plain red brick shafts.

The building includes four 2-light casement windows and four eyebrow dormers, all equipped with old cast-iron frames, latches, pintle hinges, and diamond-leaded panes, which appear to be the original windows, making them an unusual survival. At each end of the front, there is a 20th-century plank door, each sheltered by a small thatched conical porch roof.

Inside, the ground storey has exposed ceilings with chamfered main beams and narrow joists set on edge. The cottages were built on a generous scale, and the long frontage showcases an early and high-quality example of a purpose-built cottage row.

Local climate

Pen Rwendell Twitchett's End 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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