Willow Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Farmhouse.
Willow Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-marble-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Willow Farmhouse, Further Street, Assington
- OS grid reference
- TL 929 397
- Coordinates
- 52.02274, 0.81152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willow Farmhouse is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located in Assington. It features a cross wing at the north-west end, which jetties out on the upper storey, while the ground storey showcases exposed timber-framing. The front of the house has 18th century windows arranged in a 1:2 window range, consisting of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A modern gabled porch extends from the front. The roof is tiled and includes a prominent central chimney stack with four attached diagonal shafts on a rectangular base, as well as a diagonal shafted chimney stack on the cross wing.
Local climate
Willow Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 1999
- No related consent applications matched
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