The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-floor-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Gables, Cratfield, IP19 0QJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 294 759
- Coordinates
- 52.33403, 1.36642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century. It has a timber-framed structure, with the facade covered in early 20th century colourwashed brick, while the rest of the building is plastered. The roof is made of modern pantiles and the house is two storeys tall with an attic, arranged in a three-cell form. There are three windows with various casements, a gabled porch, and a mid-20th century door located where the cross passage would have been. A mid-20th century glazed door is situated below the stack. On the right-hand gable end, there is a single-storey lean-to. Inside, there are original newel stairs on both flights, good exposed framing, and original floorboarding on the first floor, along with a fine exposed roof structure in the attic.
Local climate
The Gables sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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