Rushbrook Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Rushbrook Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- little-mortar-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Rushbrook Farmhouse, Preston St. Mary, CO10 9NA
- OS grid reference
- TL 948 515
- Coordinates
- 52.12752, 0.84564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rushbrook Farmhouse is a timber-framed and plastered building likely dating from the early 16th century. It features a cross wing at the south-west end, characterized by a jettied upper storey and heavy close studding. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with modern casement windows. A modern doorway is embellished with Tuscan pilasters and an open segmental pediment. A prominent external chimney stack is situated at the south-west end, featuring tabled offsets and a tall shaft with sawtooth shafting.
Local climate
Rushbrook 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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