The Potash is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Potash
- WRENN ID
- weathered-lime-sable
- 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
- The Potash, Hall Road, Brandeston, IP13 7DS
- OS grid reference
- TM 238 602
- Coordinates
- 52.19492, 1.2746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Potash is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with an early 17th-century wing on the west side, forming an L-shaped plan. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The main range is a single storey with an attic, while the later part has two storeys and an attic. The building features various casement windows, mostly from the 20th century. The main range includes two boarded doors, one of which has a simple gabled hood, and two eyebrow dormers. There is an internal stack in the main range and an external stack in the later part. Inside, the farmhouse showcases some good exposed timbering, and the later section contains a particularly fine original newel staircase.
Local climate
The Potash 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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