Bridges Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1998. Farmhouse.

Bridges Farmhouse

WRENN ID
cold-entrance-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1998
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bridges Farmhouse, Kersey
OS grid reference
TL 987 435
Coordinates
52.05457, 0.89773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridges Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the mid to late 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 18th centuries. It features a colourwashed rendered timber frame, a composition tile roof, and brick stacks that project from the building and are located at the ends. The layout includes a main range and a crosswing, with the main range being a single storey and attic, while the crosswing has two storeys.

The main range has a door, three casement windows, and a two-light dormer above, while the crosswing has two two-light casements. The rear of the building includes a door, a two-light casement, and a two-light dormer on the main range, along with a French window and a two-over-two sash window on the crosswing.

Inside, the crosswing features two bays of close-studded framing with jowled posts, a sunk quadrant-moulded bridging beam, and chamfered joists, along with similarly moulded mid rails. The first floor has a deep chamfered tie beam and blocked windows with diamond mullions. The roof is constructed with coupled rafters, collars, and curved windbraces. The projecting stack has been rebuilt and the fireplace has been narrowed, but it may still contain original bricks. The main range includes plank doors, an 18th-century roof, and central rooms with simple bridging beams, while the kitchen at the end has a chamfered bridging beam and joists.

Local climate

Bridges Farmhouse 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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