Freston Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Freston Lodge
- WRENN ID
- other-lintel-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Freston Lodge, Church Lane, IP9 1AE
- OS grid reference
- TM 168 394
- Coordinates
- 52.011, 1.15809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Freston Lodge is a house completed in 1841, with later additions and alterations, built for the Venn family. The structure is made of brick and has a stucco finish, topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high and features a main range of five bays, with a central pedimented breakforward of three bays. To the left, there is a two-storey recessed range and a further, lower, recessed addition at the far left.
The central projecting Doric porch, which has a frieze and a mutule cornice, contains half-glazed double-leaf doors flanked by pilasters. The windows are 12-pane sashes, some of which are horned, and there is a band at the first floor level. The building also has a cornice and a pediment. The left wing features a half-glazed door to the right and a 12-pane sash, along with a first-floor band and 6-pane sashes above. The further addition includes 12-pane sashes. The right return wall has six bays, with a French window and 12-pane sashes. Inside, the lodge has later 19th-century features and 20th-century detailing in an 18th-century style.
Local climate
Freston Lodge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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