The Plains is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage.
The Plains
- WRENN ID
- lesser-frieze-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Plains, the Queach, Pakenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 690
- Coordinates
- 52.28648, 0.8082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plains is an estate cottage built in the early 19th century, designed in the Regency Gothic style. It is a single-storey structure made of red brick, with pantiles laid over thatch and a fully hipped roof that features wide eaves overhangs. The central semi-circular bay includes two 2-light windows with pointed heads, flanking a plank door that has pilaster strips. There are two blocked openings for similar windows on either side, along with a matching window in each gable end, the one on the right retaining its original glazing and leading. At the rear, there is a mid-19th century extension that forms an L-shape, also constructed of red brick and pantiles. On the south side of this extension, there are two 3-light casements with cambered heads, and a large gabled dormer with a 4-light window. A plank door with a cambered head leads to the frame. The building has landscape value and may have been built as a gamekeeper's cottage.
Local climate
The Plains 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% 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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