The Homestead and Sunnyend Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1988. Farmhouse, dwelling.

The Homestead and Sunnyend Cottage

WRENN ID
tenth-steel-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1988
Type
Farmhouse, dwelling
Address
The Homestead and Sunnyend Cottage, Wetheringsett-Cum-Brockford
OS grid reference
TM 122 655
Coordinates
52.24722, 1.10786
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Homestead and Sunnyend Cottage is a former farmhouse that has been converted into three dwellings. It dates back to the late 16th century and consists of a three-cell range built in two phases, with a small addition likely from the 18th century to the south, known as Sunnyend Cottage. The Homestead underwent renovations and was subdivided in the 1960s.

The building is two storeys high, constructed with a timber frame and rendered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. It features mid-20th century standard casement windows that do not have glazing bars, along with two mid-20th century glazed doors. There is an internal stack present. Sunnyend Cottage has a concrete-pantiled roof, mid-20th century three-light windows with horizontal glazing bars, and a boarded door.

Inside, The Homestead has been significantly modernised, with most of the studs hidden but believed to still be intact. There is an original newel stair located behind the stack and a 16th-century straight stair with solid treads at the service end. The parlour cell has been enlarged by one bay, and the original side purlin roof remains. The interior of Sunnyend Cottage has not been examined.

Local climate

The Homestead and Sunnyend Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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