Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Farmhouse.
Church Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- endless-vault-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Church Farmhouse, Old School Road, Brettenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 968 540
- Coordinates
- 52.15003, 0.8752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed and plastered building that has undergone significant later alterations. It features a cross wing at the southeast end with an extension to the southwest. The northeast front and the cross wing have been refaced in modern brick. The building is two storeys high with attics. The northwest gable end showcases well-preserved exposed timber-framing, including a jettied upper storey and gable supported by finely carved bressumers. The lower bressumer is decorated with the initials R.M. and the date 1587. The windows are modern casements set within original framed openings, with blocked high-level windows on either side and an original blocked window in the gable. The main block has a ridge chimney stack with diagonal shafts. Inside, the farmhouse features heavy exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams and joists, Tudor brick fireplaces, and an original spiral staircase.
Local climate
Church 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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