Vale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Vale Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lone-pedestal-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Vale Farmhouse, Fordley Road, Middleton, IP17 3LT
- OS grid reference
- TM 408 669
- Coordinates
- 52.2481, 1.52743
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Vale Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, built in two or possibly three stages, with mid-20th century extensions to the north. The structure is timber framed and plastered, featuring modern concrete pantiles on the north side and clay pantiles on the south. It is two storeys high with an attic and consists of a single long range with five window openings. The north side includes two original mullion windows that are now glazed over, and there is a modern boarded door within the mid-20th century extension. The farmhouse has two internal stacks. Inside, there is notable exposed timbering, particularly on the first floor. The ground floor contains one blocked internal doorway with an arched head, and at the west end, there are two fireplaces that feature some reused stonework and moulded lintels. The original newel attic stairs are also present.
Local climate
Vale Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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