Steps Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Farmhouse.
Steps Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-pediment-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Steps Farmhouse, Rectory Hill, Polstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 985 371
- Coordinates
- 51.99746, 0.89066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Steps Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered building, likely dating from the 17th century. It features a wing that extends to the east at the south end. The farmhouse has been renovated and altered, including a modern wing added to the east, which is positioned at first storey level above the doorway and supported on posts. The roof is tiled and has one ridge chimney stack as well as one external stack at the south end. The building has two storeys, and the windows are a mix of double-hung sashes with glazing bars and casements.
Local climate
Steps Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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