Ancient House is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Ancient House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-sentry-lake
- 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
- House
- Address
- Ancient House, Albert Place, Framlingham, IP13 9DT
- OS grid reference
- TM 283 633
- Coordinates
- 52.22138, 1.34169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ancient House is a late 17th century to early 18th century house located in Framlingham on Albert Place. It has two storeys and an attic, as well as a basement. The building is timber-framed and features plasterwork that is pargetted between the windows in panels with raised surrounds, including four rectangular and two oval panels adorned with a laurel leaf pattern, swags in the top corners, and roundels at the bottom. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles, and there is an eaves cornice supported by paired brackets.
The house has a five-window range with cross windows, some of which have square leaded panes. On the ground floor, two original windows on the left have been replaced by a mid-19th century shop window and door. There are two flat-headed dormers in the roof. The central entrance is accessed by steps with wrought-iron handrails and features a panelled door with ten raised fielded panels, an eared architrave, panelled pilasters, and a flat hood. At the rear, there is a single-storey wing.
Local climate
Ancient House 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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