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

The Cottage

WRENN ID
sunken-frieze-acorn
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
The Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish
OS grid reference
TL 809 464
Coordinates
52.08717, 0.63992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a late 18th century or early 19th century house that features a timber frame and plastered exterior, with weatherboarding on the front. It has two storeys and a two-window range, with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars. The roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

The 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 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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