Holly Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Holly Tree Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vast-niche-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Holly Tree Farmhouse, Cratfield, IP19 0DN
OS grid reference
TM 308 754
Coordinates
52.32814, 1.38578
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holly Tree Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th to 17th century, built in two phases, with the east end being the earlier part. It was restored around 1975 when it was extended to the north, creating a T-shaped plan. The building is timber framed and plastered, with some parts of the ground floor featuring colourwashed brick casing, and it has a thatched roof. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-cell form.

There are three windows, which are mid-20th century three-light casements with large panes. The entrance features a lobby with a colourwashed brick porch and a mid-20th century glazed door. Additionally, there are two broad eyebrow dormers from the mid-20th century. At the rear, there is a notable 17th-century five-light oriel window with ovolo-moulded mullions.

Inside, the farmhouse has a modernized interior but retains a good exposed frame, some original doors, and old floorboards. The original newel stairs are present in both flights, and there are three arched brick fireplaces. The internal stack has a cruciform plan and is mainly composed of unfired brick, which is an unusual survival.

Local climate

Holly Tree Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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