Sparrowe's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Farmhouse.
Sparrowe's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- western-cloister-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Sparrowe's Farmhouse, Henley Road, IP1 6TB
- OS grid reference
- TM 160 479
- Coordinates
- 52.08728, 1.15187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrowe's Farmhouse is an 18th century or early 19th century red brick house featuring Dutch gables at both the east and west ends. The building has two storeys, with a three-window range on the front and a two-window range on the sides. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in plain reveals. The entrance includes a vertically panelled door topped by a rectangular fanlight. The roof is tiled and adorned with 19th century ornamental crest tiles. Sparrowe's Farmhouse, along with the barn at Sparrowe's Nest and the barn at Sparrowe's Farm, forms a group.
Local climate
Sparrowe's Farmhouse 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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