Foals Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. A C17 Farmhouse.

Foals Green Farmhouse

WRENN ID
old-span-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Foals Green Farmhouse, Wilby
OS grid reference
TM 253 713
Coordinates
52.29369, 1.30296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Foals Green Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century that was modernised around 1980 with the addition of a large wing to the rear. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof, and has two storeys plus an attic. The layout is a three-cell, lobby entrance type. The farmhouse features mid-20th century casement windows and a half-door within an open lean-to porch.

Two original first-floor windows with ovolo mullions have been revealed, along with another window at the rear. There is an internal stack with a rebuilt oblong shaft, and the base at the rear has an empty inset panel. The frame is well-preserved, showcasing reversed corner braces that are mostly exposed inside.

Inside the hall, there is an ovolo-moulded bridging beam and square chamfered joists. The parlour also features an ovolo-moulded bridging beam, although the joists here were originally plastered over. Both rooms include ovolo side cornices and there are two arched brick fireplaces on the first floor. The original newel stairs consist of two flights. The roof structure includes clasped and butt purlins with arched wind-bracing.

Local climate

Foals Green 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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