Rookery Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. A C16 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Rookery Farmhouse

WRENN ID
riven-vestry-vermeil
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
Rookery Farmhouse, Coal Street, Wilby
OS grid reference
TM 229 713
Coordinates
52.29495, 1.26844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rookery Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, built in two phases to create a single long range. There are large additions to the rear from the mid-20th century. The building is timber framed, with the earlier three-cell section on the right faced in whitewashed brick, while the rest is either plastered or roughcast-rendered. The roof is mainly covered with plain tiles, although one section at the rear has pantiles. The farmhouse has two storeys and features a range of five windows, primarily 18th and 19th century small-paned casements, along with two ground floor windows from the 20th century. A small gabled brick porch contains a 20th-century glazed door. Inside, there is an internal stack with a plain oblong shaft, the upper half of which was rebuilt in the mid-20th century, and a gable stack on the left. The interior has been modernised but has not been fully examined. Additionally, there are remains of a medieval moat on the property.

Local climate

Rookery 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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