Upper Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.

Upper Abbey Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sombre-ledge-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Abbey Farmhouse, Leiston, IP16 4RQ
OS grid reference
TM 453 645
Coordinates
52.22445, 1.59065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Abbey Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century at the rear and has a front that was built in the late 18th century, facing south. The earlier section is timber framed, partially encased in brick, and features a plastered gable end with a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, with casement windows that have small panes and plain boarded doors.

The 18th-century front is made of red brick and includes a brick band at the first floor level and a brick modillion cornice. The roof at the front is slated, while the rear has plain tiles. This section also has two storeys plus an attic and features a three-window range with sashes that have glazing bars and flat arches. The central doorway is recessed and contains a six-panel door, flanked by pilasters and topped with a broken pediment, with panelled reveals. Above the door is a semi-circular fanlight with radiating and circular glazing bars. There is a 20th-century brick porch added to the building.

Local climate

Upper Abbey Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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