Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1954. Farmhouse.
Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- inner-gable-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1954
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Park Farmhouse, Green Lane, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
- OS grid reference
- TM 503 981
- Coordinates
- 52.52395, 1.68889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Park Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th century or earlier, with a late 16th or early 17th century cross-wing to the left, which was altered in the mid to late 18th century. The main range is constructed of knapped flint with some brick, and the south front is plastered. The right side features a crowstepped brick gable end. The cross-wing is made of red brick, with a plastered rear gable, and the building has a thatched roof. The main range is one and a half storeys high, while the cross-wing has two storeys and an attic.
The windows are small-paned casements, and there are two dormers. The entry is through a cross-passage with an original moulded doorframe featuring a 4-centre arched head and a plank door. There is an internal stack at the junction with the cross-wing and a small gable stack to the right. The crowstepped gable includes two 3-light mullion and transom windows made of stone at the first floor level.
At the rear, there are signs of significant alterations, including a 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom window and one gabled dormer. The cross-wing retains an unaltered range of three flush-frame sash windows under flat brick arches with raised keys. The hall, which has been divided by later partitions, features a 3-bay ceiling that may have been inserted, with roll-moulding on the floorbeams and cornice. The ends of the floorbeams are visible in the rear wall, and there are two well-crafted moulded doorframes. In the cross-wing, there is a section of turned balustrading from an early 17th century staircase, along with a moulded newel post.
Local climate
Park Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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