Howe's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Howe's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ghost-passage-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Howe's Farmhouse, Waldringfield Road, Martlesham, IP12 4PJ
OS grid reference
TM 266 458
Coordinates
52.06486, 1.30523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Howe's Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that features a timber frame and plaster exterior, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building has a lobby entrance and stands two storeys tall. The windows are scattered and consist of casements. A 20th-century brick porch has been added, which includes a half-glazed and panelled door along with a rectangular fanlight cover. Additionally, there is a hexagonal brick axial chimney stack.

Local climate

Howe's Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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