Farm Buildings Complex to West of Barn and Buildings Listed 3/80 Little Wenham Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1990. Farm complex.

Farm Buildings Complex to West of Barn and Buildings Listed 3/80 Little Wenham Castle

WRENN ID
ancient-tin-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1990
Type
Farm complex
Address
Farm Buildings Complex to West of Barn and Buildings Listed 3/80 Little Wenham Castle, Church Lane, Wenham Parva
OS grid reference
TM 080 391
Coordinates
52.01156, 1.03014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a complex of farm buildings located to the west of the barn and buildings associated with Little Wenham Castle. The structures date from the 17th and 18th centuries and are of earlier origin. They are timber framed and weatherboarded, with red brick plinths and red plain tiled roofs.

The two-storey stable and loft at the southern end features gables on both the north and south sides, with a clock on the south gable. External steps on the eastern side lead to the loft door. The central stable range is a long single storey with three stable doors facing the farmyard. The northern range has a gabled roof facing the farmyard and a hipped roof at the angle towards the road, with a return wall made of red brick.

Inside, the two-storey stable at the southern end has chamfered lateral and axial beams with convex step stops, broad unchamfered joists, plastered walls, and later wooden mangers on the rear wall. The roof features large collars with curved braces, large common rafters, and possibly wind braces. The single-storey northern range has a clasped purlin roof with reused collars and tie-beams, along with a wooden trough on the rear wall.

Local climate

Farm Buildings Complex to West of Barn and Buildings Listed 3/80 Little Wenham Castle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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