Shrubbery Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. Farmhouse.

Shrubbery Farmhouse

WRENN ID
odd-pewter-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1966
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Shrubbery Farmhouse, Otley Green, IP6 9PD
OS grid reference
TM 215 565
Coordinates
52.1632, 1.23733
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shrubbery Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, with a mid-19th century extension. It is timber framed, covered in colourwashed render, and has a pantile roof that was originally thatched.

On the yard front, there is a lean-to porch from the 20th century on the ground floor, located left of centre, featuring glazed walls and a brick plinth. To the left of the porch is a three-light casement window, and to the right is another three-light casement window from the 20th century. The first floor has two two-light casements, one three-light casement, and one single-light casement. A prominent chimney stack with a massive base and four clustered octagonal flues sits at the ridge, left of centre above the doorway.

The right gable end is made of brick and features a double gable. On the ground floor, there are two cambered-headed three-light casements, and on the first floor, there are two four-light cambered-headed casements. The left side also has two gable ends, with the gable from the 16th century projecting to the right, showcasing a four-light ground floor window with a cambered head and a three-light first floor window. Recessed to the left is the end of the 19th-century range, which has a three-light ground floor casement and a four-light window above it on the first floor, both of similar width.

At the rear, the farmhouse features brick walling arranged in a near-symmetrical two-bay layout, with a five-panel door that has the lower two panels flush, the central panel raised and fielded, and the upper two panels glazed. Flanking the door are three-light casements on the ground floor with cambered heads, and on the first floor, there are four-light casements with a central two-light casement.

Inside, the ground floor and first floor of the 16th-century range have chamfered ceiling beams, and the first floor features close studded walling on the front wall.

Local climate

Shrubbery 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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