Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse.
Church Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rooted-tower-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Church Farmhouse, Stonham Road, Cotton
- OS grid reference
- TM 070 668
- Coordinates
- 52.26107, 1.03298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed farmhouse built in two phases. The early 17th century parlour cross-wing is located on the left, while the possibly older hall range is on the right. The building is timber framed and plastered, with the cross-wing featuring some original panelled plasterwork. It has a thatched roof, with the hall range having one and a half storeys and the cross-wing having two storeys and an attic.
The front of the cross-wing has an overhanging gable, and the tie beam is intricately carved along its edge, displaying initials or a merchant's mark that is now difficult to discern. The soffit of the tie beam shows mortices for window mullions and small diamond glazing bars. There are various casement windows, mostly from the 20th century, along with an old square-leaded attic window in the wing and one eyebrow dormer.
The doorway in the gable end of the wing features a 19th century six-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, and is sheltered by a thatched gabled open porch. Inside, there is an internal stack in the hall range with a 19th century axial shaft, and a massive external stack at the rear of the wing, likely from the 17th century. The interior has not been examined.
Local climate
Church Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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