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

Western House

WRENN ID
tall-cobalt-heron
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
Western House, High Street, Cavendish
OS grid reference
TL 808 464
Coordinates
52.0873, 0.63814
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Western House is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered house. It has two storeys and features a three-window range on the north front, with two windows on the first storey, and a three-window range on the west front. The windows are double-hung sashes without glazing bars, adorned with architraves and modillion cornices. The doorway, located on the west front, is accessed through a gabled porch. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles.

Local climate

Western House 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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