Chalk Farm Cottage Granary Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Former farmhouse.

Chalk Farm Cottage Granary Cottage

WRENN ID
drifting-arch-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Former farmhouse
Address
Chalk Farm Cottage Granary Cottage, Thetford Road, Fakenham Magna
OS grid reference
TL 908 762
Coordinates
52.35114, 0.80123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chalk Farm Cottage, also known as Granary Cottage, is a former farmhouse that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and consists of two sections. The building is part two storeys and part two storeys with attics, constructed with timber framing and rendered surfaces. The roofs are covered with pantiles and feature long catslides at the rear, extending over later single-storey additions. An internal chimney stack with a large plain red brick shaft connects the two sections of the building: the southern half, Chalk Farm Cottage, is from the 16th century and has a basic two-cell end-chimney plan, while the northern half, Granary Cottage, includes an early 17th-century parlour wing that was added to the original house. The exterior has been modernised, featuring mid-20th century two-light and three-light small-paned casement windows, along with plank doors.

Local climate

Chalk Farm Cottage Granary Cottage 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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