Bull Lane Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House.

Bull Lane Farmhouse

WRENN ID
haunted-shingle-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Bull Lane Farmhouse, Long Melford
OS grid reference
TL 873 458
Coordinates
52.07939, 0.73208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bull Lane Farmhouse is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered house featuring cross wings at both the east and west ends. The south front was completely refronted in the 18th century, during which the central part was built out and raised. The building has two storeys and a four-window range with double hung sashes that include glazing bars. A central six-panel door is framed by an architrave and is sheltered by a Tuscan porch with plain columns and a modillion cornice. The east and west cross wings project from the rear, with the east wing displaying exposed timber-framing. At the north end, there is a two-storey square bay with mostly blocked mullioned windows, along with some lattice leaded lights on the ground floor. The gable over the bay is supported by a cambered bressummer adorned with fine carved ornamentation and arched braces at the outer ends, which feature pendants. An additional later wing extends to the west of the west cross wing. The roofs are tiled, showcasing a paired modillion eaves cornice on the south front, and there is a prominent chimney stack with four grouped octagonal shafts on a square base at the east cross wing.

Local climate

Bull Lane 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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