Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
moated-railing-cedar
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
Manor Farmhouse, Fressingfield
OS grid reference
TM 263 759
Coordinates
52.33516, 1.32109
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, with a small addition likely from the 18th century on the right gable end. It is timber framed and features mid-20th century plasterwork, along with a band of pargetting across the front. The roof is covered with modern plain tiles. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-cell form with scattered windows.

On the ground floor, there are two notable three-light ovolo-moulded mullion and transom windows, which have moulded sills and pedimented heads decorated with dentils; these are likely early 17th century additions. Several original windows have been uncovered, while others remain blocked; the ground floor mullions are ovolo-moulded, and those on the upper floor are chamfered. There are also some mid-20th century casements. The entrance features a lobby with a 19th century six-panel door, where the upper two panels are glazed. Inside, there is a particularly fine fully-exposed frame with much close studding. The storey posts in the hall have elaborately-shaped heads, while those in the parlour have crudely-carved faces serving as corbels; both sets of posts support ovolo-moulded bridging beams with chamfered joists. On the rear wall opposite the stack, there is a blocked doorway with a four-centre arched head. In the service chamber, there are some early, possibly original, window shutter slides and two sliding oak shutters.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse 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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