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

157, Sowley Green

WRENN ID
eternal-hall-woodpecker
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
157, Sowley Green, Thurlow, Great Thurlow, CB9 7JR
OS grid reference
TL 702 508
Coordinates
52.12981, 0.48593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 157, Sowley Green, is a 17th-century house that features a timber frame and plaster exterior. It has one storey and an attic, with casement windows. The roof is tiled, having previously been thatched, and there is a red brick chimney stack with a rectangular base that has been cement rendered.

Local climate

157, Sowley Green sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% 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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