Holbecks is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House.
Holbecks
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-chamber-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holbecks, Potts Lane, Layham
- OS grid reference
- TM 019 417
- Coordinates
- 52.03772, 0.94337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holbecks is a large 18th-century timber-framed and plastered building with a slate hipped roof, which is set behind a parapet with a cornice. The main front faces north-east and there are additional wings to the south-west, suggesting it may have earlier origins. The building has two storeys and attics. The front features two two-storeyed splayed bays, each with a three-window range, and there is one window and a doorway between them. Most of the windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, while the ground storey front windows are French casements. A central glazed doorway is framed by an Ionic doorcase with plain columns and a modillion pediment. There are three dormers behind the parapet on both the north-east and south-east sides.
Local climate
Holbecks 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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