Moon House is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1974. House.
Moon House
- WRENN ID
- tattered-sentry-dawn
- 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
- Moon House, Stour Street, Cavendish
- OS grid reference
- TL 797 458
- Coordinates
- 52.08161, 0.62193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moon House is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered house that was formerly known as The Fir Trees Inn. It has two storeys and features a three-window range with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. At the east end of the ground floor, there is a three-light canted bay window with 19th-century double-hung sashes. The entrance is marked by a six-panel door, which has glazed upper panels, pilasters, and a cornice. The roof is tiled and includes end external chimney stacks. Moon House is part of a group that includes Fir Trees Cottage, Headlands, King's Farmhouse, and Lodge to Cavendish Hall.
Local climate
Moon 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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