The Old Jolly Farmers is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Jolly Farmers
- WRENN ID
- winter-niche-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Jolly Farmers, Fressingfield, IP21 5SJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 288 762
- Coordinates
- 52.33681, 1.35757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Jolly Farmers is a former farmhouse that was later used as a public house. It dates from the late 16th century and features a timber-framed structure with plaster and a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-cell form. On the ground floor, there are mid 20th century small-paned casement windows, two of which are bowed. A lean-to entrance porch with a mid 20th century boarded door provides access. Inside, there is an internal stack, and much of the timber framing is exposed, particularly on the first floor. The hall and service end have plain joists, and there is a newel staircase. The roof consists of a single row of clasped purlins and a ridge piece.
Local climate
The Old Jolly Farmers sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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