Laburnam House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. House.

Laburnam House

WRENN ID
tattered-groin-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
House
Address
Laburnam House, B1070, Holton St. Mary
OS grid reference
TM 059 367
Coordinates
51.99109, 0.9982
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Laburnam House is a house that also incorporates a former school house, dating from the late 16th to 17th century, with the front range (the former school house) built in 1748. The building has undergone later alterations, including a 20th-century conversion of the school house. It features a timber frame, part of which is built in brick and rendered. The roof is covered with plain tiles, while the rear extension has a slate roof. There are red brick stacks present.

The earlier range is L-shaped with a later addition at the angle, and the front range projects to create a T-plan. The house has two storeys and a single-storey extension. A 20th-century board door is located on the left side of the front range, and there is a stable door from around 1985 in the cross range at the angle with the front range. Throughout the building, there are 20th-century casement windows. The front range has a half-hipped roof, while the rear and cross ranges have hipped roofs, and the extension has a pent roof. The external stack on the right side of the front range and the left side of the rear range have been partly rebuilt and are now incorporated into the extension.

Inside, some of the framing is visible. The earlier range features chamfered longitudinal beams with curved stops and exposed joists, along with studded walls. The roof throughout has clasped purlins. The front range was originally built as a schoolroom with a single storey, and a ceiling was inserted later. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Laburnam House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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