Valley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1986. Farmhouse.

Valley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sunken-keep-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Valley Farmhouse, Sotterley
OS grid reference
TM 461 868
Coordinates
52.42412, 1.61902
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Valley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with a 19th-century wing added to the rear. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-cell form with a lobby entrance. There are three windows, which are large-paned casements from the mid-20th century. A mid-19th-century two-storey porch is present, which is plastered and has rusticated quoins and a crenellated parapet. The entrance includes a mid-20th-century six-panel door set within a re-used doorcase that has been adapted to fit; this doorcase features fluted pilasters, an entablature with a convex frieze, and a modillion cornice. Inside, there is a notable tall internal stack with four hexagonal flues arranged in a sawtooth pattern. The hall and parlour areas showcase exposed joists and ovolo-moulded floor beams, which have double stop-chamfers and moulded soffits.

Local climate

Valley Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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