Premises Occupied by Charles Boardman and Son, Saddlers Cottage and Premises Occupied by P Carrington is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. A C17 House.
Premises Occupied by Charles Boardman and Son, Saddlers Cottage and Premises Occupied by P Carrington
- WRENN ID
- steep-wattle-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Premises Occupied by Charles Boardman and Son, Saddlers Cottage and Premises Occupied by P Carrington, Well Lane, Clare
- OS grid reference
- TL 770 452
- Coordinates
- 52.0776, 0.58154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as the premises occupied by Charles Boardman and Son, Saddlers Cottage, and the premises occupied by P Carrington, is a primarily 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house with an H-shaped plan. It features a central hall block that incorporates an older structure, likely from the 16th century, with crosswings at both the east and west ends. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, showcasing 18th-century double-hung sash windows with glazing bars set in cased frames. The crosswings have 20th-century shop fronts on the ground floor. Saddlers Cottage includes a four-panel door adorned with pilasters and a small cornice. The roof is tiled, and there is a large, rebuilt red brick chimney stack with square shafts. This building is located on part of the site of the medieval Moot Hall. It is part of a group of listed buildings in Well Lane, which includes Nos 1 to 8 (consecutive) and No 31 Church Street, as well as all the listed buildings in Market Hill, Nos 1 to 8 (consecutive) Malting Lane, Stone Hall, and Nos 36 to 40 (consecutive) Nethergate Street, and all the listed buildings in Station Road.
Local climate
Premises Occupied by Charles Boardman and Son, Saddlers Cottage and Premises Occupied by P Carrington 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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