The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Farmhouse.

The Chestnuts

WRENN ID
third-doorway-lichen
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
The Chestnuts, Low Road, Earl Soham
OS grid reference
TM 228 631
Coordinates
52.22099, 1.26153
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chestnuts is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century, with an early 17th-century cross wing to the west and later additions at the junction of the two ranges. The building is timber framed and plastered in panels, featuring a plain tiled roof, except for the west slope of the cross wing, which is pantiled. It has two storeys and an attic. There are various 18th and 19th-century casement windows, some of which have square and diamond leaded glass. The east gable of the main range features paired sash windows on the ground floor, a carved tie beam, and a notable 18th-century attic window with diamond leaded panes. The doorway in the side wall of the 19th-century addition has a half-glazed door with panelled reveals, a frieze, and a cornice. The main range includes an internal stack with three hexagonal flues arranged in a sawtooth pattern, while the cross wing has a gable end stack.

Local climate

The Chestnuts 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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