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

Laurels Farmhouse

WRENN ID
drifting-obsidian-curlew
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
Laurels Farmhouse, Holton
OS grid reference
TM 404 785
Coordinates
52.35233, 1.52953
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Laurels Farmhouse is a Grade II listed farmhouse consisting of a single range divided into two sections, with the right section dating from the 16th century and the left section likely from the late 17th century. The building is primarily timber framed and cement-rendered, with some plasterwork visible at the rear, and features a red brick gable end on the left side. It has a thatched roof and is 1 and a half storeys tall. The facade includes three windows, which are 18th-century three-light mullion and transom casements, along with two boarded doors. There are three gabled dormers and an internal stack located in the right-hand range. The left gable end showcases a well-preserved parapet with short returns on both the facade and the rear, featuring two brick bands (the lower band continues onto the returns), paired windows at the first floor level, and an integral stack. The ground floor rooms of the earlier section display exposed joisting, although much of the timber frame is hidden. The farmhouse also includes newel stairs.

Local climate

Laurels Farmhouse 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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