Little Beck Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Little Beck Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- proud-hall-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Little Beck Farmhouse, Becks Green, St. Andrew, Ilketshall, NR34 8NB
- OS grid reference
- TM 387 843
- Coordinates
- 52.40484, 1.50789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Beck Farmhouse is a former farmhouse that dates back to the early 16th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building has a main range and a cross-wing, with part of it being two storeys and part having two storeys and attics. The main range is timber-framed, rendered, and faced in Edwardian mock-timbering, topped with black glazed pantiles. There is a brick extension from around 1980 at the north end, while the 19th-century cross-wing is constructed of whitewashed brick.
A notable feature is the large internal chimney-stack in Tudor brick on the main range, which has a two-tier base with a small recessed blank panel and a wide shaft with unusually shaped ends. The main range features 20th-century three-light mullion-and-transom windows, while the cross-wing has casements with segmental arched openings. The front of the farmhouse has an enclosed, gabled brick and mock timber porch, and the back has a two-storey mock timber porch with an open ground floor, both of which are Edwardian.
To the right of the chimney-stack are the oldest three bays of the building. On the upper floor, there are cambered tie-beams and the remains of long arched braces from two open trusses, likely leading to a large upper room. On the ground floor, there is a main beam with a 4-inch chamfer and broach stops, which appear to be contemporary with the chimney-stack. The wall-plate has been doubled, and the section to the left of the stack is an 18th-century extension. The chimney-stack has been tunnelled through to accommodate a straight stair, and the roof features stepped butt purlins. The remainder of the interior does not contain any notable features.
Local climate
Little Beck Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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