Beares is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Beares
- WRENN ID
- quartered-chimney-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Beares, Church Road, Saxtead, IP13 9QT
- OS grid reference
- TM 259 655
- Coordinates
- 52.24211, 1.30766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beares is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, featuring an L-shaped plan with a later service wing at the rear. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a pantiled roof. It has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-cell plan. The facade includes a four-window range, primarily consisting of 18th-century two-light and three-light casements, with one window retaining the original square leaded glass. There is also a large mid-20th-century casement window on the ground floor. The entrance is a lobby with a modern half-glazed door, accompanied by another half-glazed door on the left side. Inside, the farmhouse showcases exposed timbering and features the original newel stairs.
Local climate
Beares 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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