Poplars Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Poplars Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- knotted-soffit-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Poplars Farmhouse, Brettenham, IP7 7PN
- OS grid reference
- TL 952 527
- Coordinates
- 52.13818, 0.85203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poplars Farmhouse is a fine 15th-century timber-framed building that has been restored, featuring exposed timber-framing and plaster infill. The roof is thatched, with a modern ridge chimney stack and an end stack. The house has two storeys and attics, with the upper storey jettied across the entire west front, supported by exposed joists, a finely carved bressumer, and curved brackets. The upper storey is also jettied at the south end. An extension at the north end is unjettied but also displays exposed timber-framing. There are several original windows that have been restored, although some are blocked at the north end. The windows are generally modern mullioned and transomed metal casements with leaded lights. A moat surrounds the west and south sides of the property.
Local climate
Poplars 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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