Shamrock Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Shamrock Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- proud-granite-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Shamrock Farmhouse, Assington, CO10 5LS
- OS grid reference
- TL 942 376
- Coordinates
- 52.00344, 0.82805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shamrock Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 17th to 18th century, with some 19th-century external features. The building has one storey and attics. On the south side, the windows are double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars, while the north side features two modern bay windows. The roof is thatched and includes two dormers on the south side. An external chimney stack is located at the east end of the house.
Local climate
Shamrock 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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