Ladymeade is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. House.

Ladymeade

WRENN ID
keen-gateway-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1987
Type
House
Address
Ladymeade, New Street, Fressingfield
OS grid reference
TM 257 773
Coordinates
52.34755, 1.31315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ladymeade is a house that was later converted into two cottages, dating from the late 16th century. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, with the facade designed to resemble ashlar. The roof is pantiled, with glazed black tiles at the front. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a two-cell form, although evidence suggests there was once a parlour cell that is now lost. There are two windows, which are 18th to 19th century casements. The entrance has a 19th century four-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, set within a mid-20th century enclosed porch. A gable stack is located on the left side, and there is a later external stack against the right gable. Inside, the exposed framing reveals several blocked original windows, and there are paired square-headed service doorways, one of which is blocked. A staircase at the service end includes solid triangular blocks. The roof structure remains intact, featuring clasped purlins and cranked wind-bracing.

Local climate

Ladymeade 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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