Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Abbey Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- idle-string-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Abbey Farmhouse, Easton Lane, Hacheston, IP13 0DZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 301 589
- Coordinates
- 52.18054, 1.36435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, largely dates to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, though it may incorporate an earlier core. The farmhouse comprises a main range with cross wings positioned at each end; the right-hand cross wing includes a rear dairy extension. It is timber framed and plastered, with a plaintiled roof. The building is two storeys high plus an attic. The front has a five-window arrangement (including the cross wings), featuring predominantly three-light and four-light casement windows. A lobby entrance is located in the main range, with a pair of three-panel doors, the upper panels being glazed. A flat-roofed dormer is present. An internal stack originally contained three octagonal flues, the moulded bases of which remain, but the stack has been rebuilt above its original height. The right-hand cross wing has an external stack with three detached octagonal flues, each with moulded bases and linked caps.
Local climate
Abbey Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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