The Shieling is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. House.
The Shieling
- WRENN ID
- little-gallery-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Shieling, the Street, Thorndon
- OS grid reference
- TM 140 697
- Coordinates
- 52.28383, 1.13607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shieling is a house dating from the late 16th century, with a mid-20th century addition on the left side. It features a timber frame with smooth render and a thatched roof, while the later addition has a pantiled roof. The building is 1½ storeys high and has a small three-cell layout. There are two mid-20th century single-paned standard casement windows. To the right, there is a mid-20th century gabled porch with a boarded door. The house has two eyebrow dormers and an internal stack with a small red brick chimney. The first floor has substantial plain joists, and some exposed studding can be seen in the left cell. There are back-to-back open fireplaces, and one tie beam is set high and supported on secondary upper crucks. The roof is intact, featuring rafters of irregular scantling.
Local climate
The Shieling 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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