D'Urbans Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
D'Urbans Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-threshold-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- D'Urbans Farmhouse, Framlingham, IP13 9RP
- OS grid reference
- TM 270 632
- Coordinates
- 52.22043, 1.32315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
D'Urbans Farmhouse is a former farmhouse that has been converted into part offices and part domestic use. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and has an L-shaped form. The building is timber-framed and rendered, with 20th-century surfacing, and features plaintiles on the roof. There are two internal chimney stacks with plain rebuilt shafts. The windows throughout are standard casement windows from the 20th century, with both two-light and three-light designs.
The front of the farmhouse includes red brick extensions from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with a half-glazed porch. The main range consists of four bays and includes a large two-bay room on the ground floor. This room features multiple roll-mouldings with run-off stops on the main beams and mouldings on the tops of the main posts, although these details are somewhat damaged. There is simple Jacobean panelling along one wall. The remaining timbering is plain, showcasing good studding with arched braces, jowled main posts with braces that have been removed, a blocked stair-trap in one room, and one upper window that retains its diamond mullions. The large cross-wing is a later addition from the 17th century, characterized by poorer framing and a side-purlin roof.
Local climate
D'Urbans Farmhouse 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 — 2 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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