Poplar Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1988. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Poplar Farmhouse

WRENN ID
old-stair-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Poplar Farmhouse, Gretingham Road, Monewden, IP13 7DE
OS grid reference
TM 235 580
Coordinates
52.17526, 1.26843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Poplar Farmhouse is a house, formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. It is timber framed with colourwashed render and originally had a thatched roof, which has since been replaced with pantiles. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring a three-cell, baffle-entry plan.

On the entrance front, there is a six-panel door with a classical surround slightly to the left of centre, which includes a shouldered frame and a pediment. To the left of the door is a three-light 19th-century casement window, and to the right are two similar windows. The first floor has three matching windows. A square stack, rebuilt in 19th-century brick, is located at the ridge to the left of centre, above the door.

On the left end, there is a two-light 20th-century casement window in the attic. The right end features a three-light ground floor window and a two-light attic window, both from the 20th century. Projecting from the right side is an addition with a gambrel roof, which includes a stable door on the left, a two-light window to the right, and another door at the far right.

Inside, the farmhouse has slender plain timbers made of pine.

Local climate

Poplar Farmhouse 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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