Sternfield House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House, former rectory.

Sternfield House

WRENN ID
muffled-dormer-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
House, former rectory
Address
Sternfield House, Church Hill
OS grid reference
TM 391 615
Coordinates
52.20058, 1.49822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sternfield House is a house that was formerly the rectory, built in the late 18th century and significantly altered and expanded between 1964 and 1966 by Raymond Erith. The building is constructed of red brick and has a plain tiled roof. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The east facade features a five-window arrangement in a 2:1:2 pattern, with sashes that have glazing bars set in flush and cased frames, and flat brick arches above. The central doorway is adorned with pilasters and a broken pediment, and it contains a six-panel door with raised and fielded panels, topped by a semi-circular fanlight with decorative glazing bars. A brick band runs along the first floor level, and a broad wooden eaves cornice was added in the 1960s. There are three flat-roofed dormers on the hipped roof.

The south, or garden front, was remodeled in the 1960s, featuring a two-storey, three-light semi-circular bay that matches a new bay, creating a symmetrical facade. The central doorway on this front has a new semi-circular portico with paired glazed doors. The brickwork steps out at the first and second floor levels, and there is a parapet with stone coping. Additional structures were added to the west and north in the same style during the 1964-66 renovations, including a garage court with a pedimented entrance and a square clock tower on the roof.

Local climate

Sternfield House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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