Sluice Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1983. House.
Sluice Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- watchful-pilaster-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sluice Farmhouse, Sandy Lane, Martlesham
- OS grid reference
- TM 257 475
- Coordinates
- 52.08048, 1.29317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sluice Farmhouse is a house that was originally two cottages, dating from the early 18th century. It has a basic 'L' and 'T' shaped plan that has been joined together. The building is timber framed and plastered, featuring plain tile and pantiled roofs with brick stacks along the ridge. It has decorative barge boards and consists of two storeys as well as one storey with dormers. The windows are scattered, mainly consisting of 20th-century casements, with some 19th-century windows that include glazing bars. The entrance features a raised and fielded six-panelled door with a moulded architrave.
Local climate
Sluice Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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