Walnut Tree Inn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. Farmhouse, former coaching inn.
Walnut Tree Inn Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- small-zinc-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, former coaching inn
- Address
- Walnut Tree Inn Farmhouse, Benacre
- OS grid reference
- TM 504 851
- Coordinates
- 52.40666, 1.68076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walnut Tree Inn Farmhouse is a farmhouse that was once a coaching inn, dating from the early 17th century with later alterations. It is likely that the building was originally timber framed, but it is now constructed of red brick featuring a brick dentil eaves cornice. The right side of the building showcases early 18th century brickwork with dark headers and a band at the first floor level, while the left side displays late 18th century to early 19th century brickwork, with the original lobby entrance bay set slightly forward. The farmhouse has a plaintiled roof and consists of two storeys and an attic in a three-cell form.
There are four windows, which are two-light and three-light mullion and transom casements set under segmental arches. To the right, there is a notable mid 18th century doorcase with slightly engaged fluted columns, a panel for a rectangular fanlight, and a modillion-corniced hood, with a mid 20th century door. In the position of the former lobby entrance, there is now a mid 20th century window. The building features an internal stack and a later external stack on the right-hand gable end. Inside, the parlour and the room above have ovolo-moulded floor beams, with some exposed joisting. The 18th century serving hatch from the inn remains intact, complete with the original doors. A fire in the early 20th century damaged the roof over the right-hand end of the house.
Local climate
Walnut Tree Inn Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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