Decoy Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Decoy Farmhouse

WRENN ID
idle-frieze-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Decoy Farmhouse, Old Church Lane, Melton, IP13 6DH
OS grid reference
TM 292 512
Coordinates
52.11246, 1.34683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Decoy Farmhouse is a farmhouse with a 17th-century wing and an early 19th-century front range, with 20th-century additions and alterations. The construction is timber-framed with plaster and a colour-washed brick face, and features a plain-tiled hipped roof. The earlier rear wing has a pantiled roof. The building is arranged in an "L" shape, with a lobby entrance. It has two storeys and a five-window front. The windows are sash windows in flush frames, with glazing bars; the window on the extreme left has a higher cill. A porch with Tuscan pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment shelters a six-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above. A brick plat band runs along the front. A red brick axial stack is present. The rear wing has scattered windows, which are 20th-century casements. A boarded door is protected by a gauged brick arch. The rear of the front range includes an outshut and a two-storey flat-roofed corner addition from the 20th century. Internally, some interior features include stopped-chamfered beams.

Local climate

Decoy 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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  • Sale history — 14 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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