Lower Common Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Lower Common Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-cellar-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Common Farmhouse, Chelsworth, IP7 7HY
- OS grid reference
- TL 986 472
- Coordinates
- 52.08793, 0.8976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Common Farmhouse is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered building located in Chelsworth. It features a cross wing at the north end and a modern gabled wing at the south end. The farmhouse has one storey and attics. The windows are a mix of partly double-hung sashes with glazing bars and casements. The roof is tiled and includes two gabled dormers on the front, along with a central square chimney stack. Inside, there is a top plate that has a face halved and bladed scarf joint. The building has been renovated.
Local climate
Lower Common 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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