The Old Manse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House.
The Old Manse
- WRENN ID
- distant-fireplace-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Manse, Wisdom Hill, Rendham
- OS grid reference
- TM 347 646
- Coordinates
- 52.22983, 1.43656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manse is a house built between 1731 and 1732, with a late 19th-century facade. It features red brick and roughcast render, which was added in 1936, and has a plaintiled roof. The building stands two storeys high with an attic and has a four-window range, showcasing large pane sashes in flush frames. The doorway is asymmetrical and includes paired three-panel doors, with the upper two panels glazed. It is adorned with a portico supported by octagonal timber columns and half-octagonal pilasters, topped with a triangular pediment. There is a plastered band at the first-floor level and a plaster cove eaves cornice, along with two shallow pedimented dormers. The gable ends have parapets with bands at the first floor and eaves levels. One original cross window remains on the former outside rear wall. The original building accounts are still available.
Local climate
The Old Manse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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