Mill House, Layham Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. A C18 Mill house. 5 related planning applications.

Mill House, Layham Mill

WRENN ID
steep-flagstone-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1980
Type
Mill house
Address
Mill House, Layham Mill, Mill Lane, IP7 5JY
OS grid reference
TM 033 404
Coordinates
52.02518, 0.96246
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill House at Layham Mill is an 18th-century building that is timber framed and plastered, featuring 19th-century and modern extensions at the rear. The roof is tiled and has end chimney stacks. The house has three storeys and a three-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. A central doorway is adorned with a wooden doorcase that includes a pediment. The house is situated in a charming location above the mill pool.

Local climate

Mill House, Layham Mill 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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