Ivydene is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Farmhouse.
Ivydene
- WRENN ID
- guardian-alcove-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ivydene, Cratfield Road, Fressingfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 281 771
- Coordinates
- 52.34504, 1.34786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivydene is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with small additions at each gable end. It is timber framed and plastered, with the rear wall covered in common brick from around 1920. The roof is pantiled and the building has two storeys with four windows, mostly 18th century casements, including some with square-leaded panes on the first floor. The entrance features a lobby with a six-panel raised and fielded door and an open timber porch topped with a semi-circular roof. Above the porch is a small circular window. Inside, much of the structure is said to be concealed, and there is a newel staircase. The right-hand room is currently used as a workshop, where the floor has been removed and the roof has been renewed.
Local climate
Ivydene sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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