The Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Farmhouse.

The Woodlands

WRENN ID
sleeping-courtyard-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Woodlands, Kettleburgh Road, Framlingham
OS grid reference
TM 281 609
Coordinates
52.19942, 1.33687
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Woodlands is a farmhouse, formerly known as Rookery Farmhouse, dating from the early 17th century. It has two storeys and attics, constructed with timber framing and rendered, topped with 20th-century single Roman tiles. On the southwest side, there is a brick gable-end featuring a chimney stack, along with another stack on the rear wall. Behind this is a wing that was originally a kitchen and dairy but is now used as a garage and outhouse. A small second rear wing has a roof that was replaced in the 20th century.

The main range of the farmhouse has plain 20th-century three-light casement windows and a six-panelled door, with the top two panels glazed. The timber frame is divided into four irregular bays, with exposed timbers visible inside. The interior features plain scudding, deep main beams with curved stops, and chamfered joists set flat. The original upper ceilings match the style of those on the ground floor. The roof structure consists of five bays, with one row of clasped purlins and one row of unstepped butt purlins that have tapered-off ends, along with windbraces and diminished principals.

Local climate

The Woodlands sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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