Weathercock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. Almshouse.
Weathercock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-arch-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1974
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Weathercock Cottage, the Street, Great Wratting, Haverhill, CB9 7HQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 695 485
- Coordinates
- 52.10951, 0.47405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weathercock Cottage is a small 19th-century brick almshouse that has been colourwashed. Originally constructed to accommodate three widows, it has since been converted into one tenement. The building is designed on a cruciform plan and consists of one storey. The windows feature gothic arched heads, and the roof is covered with slate, topped by a central chimney stack.
Local climate
Weathercock Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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