The Rest is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. Residential.
The Rest
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-column-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1988
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- The Rest, Caters Road, Bredfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 265 535
- Coordinates
- 52.13333, 1.30951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rest is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It features a timber frame that is rendered and color washed, topped with a pantile roof, which was likely originally thatched. The building is two storeys high.
On the entrance front, there is a projecting brick plinth with applied planking that simulates timber framing. The doorway is located on the left and dates from the 20th century, with a timber porch in front. There are narrow lights on either side of the doorway. To the left on the ground floor, there is a three-light and a two-light casement window, while to the right, there are two three-light and one two-light casement windows. At the first floor level, there are three three-light and one two-light casement windows, all dating from the 20th century. An axial chimney stack is located at the ridge, slightly right of center, with a single flue chimney stack on the left gable end. The right gable end features a four-light window on the ground floor and a single-light casement window on the first floor, set in a slightly battered wall.
At the rear, there is a 19th-century outshut on the right with a catslide roof and a similar 20th-century outshut on the left. The far left side has blank walling.
Inside, the ground floor has chamfered ceiling beams with stepped ogee end stops and jowled wall posts.
Local climate
The Rest 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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