Dernford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Manor house. 5 related planning applications.

Dernford Hall

WRENN ID
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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
Manor house
Address
Dernford Hall, Glemham Road, Swefling, IP17 2BQ
OS grid reference
TM 352 635
Coordinates
52.21993, 1.44222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dernford Hall is a former manor house with a core dating back to the 16th century, which has been extended on the left side. The facade was likely given its early 19th-century casing when the house was divided into two separate residences. It is a single long range structure, featuring an older timber-framed core. The facade is made of random flint with white brick dressings, while the left gable end is constructed of red brick, and the rest of the building is cement-rendered. The roof is covered with plain tiles and the building is mainly two storeys high.

There are six windows arranged in a 3:3 pattern, with mid-20th-century large pane casements set under segmental arches. The house has two doorways: on the left side, there is a later 18th-century six-panel door, with the upper four panels glazed, along with panelled reveals, pilasters, and an entablature topped with a triangular pediment; on the right side, there is a 19th-century nine-panel door, with the upper three panels glazed. The building features a brick eaves dentil cornice and has an internal stack and a gable end stack on the left side. A datestone reading "WK1857" on the right gable end appears to be a modern addition. The interior of the house has been largely modernised.

Local climate

Dernford Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • 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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