Vale House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Vale House
- WRENN ID
- worn-pedestal-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Vale House, Fenstreet Road, Westleton, IP17 3NU
- OS grid reference
- TM 431 681
- Coordinates
- 52.25799, 1.56105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Vale House is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 16th century on the west side, with 18th-century extensions to the south and an early 19th-century main wing to the east. The earlier part of the building features a timber frame that is partially plastered and partially cased in brick, topped with modern concrete plaintiles. It stands two storeys high with a two-window range, showcasing various casement windows.
The main wing is constructed from yellow-white brick and also has modern concrete plaintiles. It is two storeys tall with a two-window range on the front, featuring inset sash windows with glazing bars and flat brick arches. To the right side, there is a doorway with an inset six-panel raised and fielded door, complemented by a semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars and panelled reveals. Above the doorway, there is a narrower first-floor window. The roof is hipped with wide overhanging eaves, and there is a brick lean-to on the right side. The left-hand return front has a three-window range, with ground floor sash windows extending to ground level and blind windows in the centre bay.
Local climate
Vale House 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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