West End Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1988. Farmhouse.
West End Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-railing-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West End Farmhouse, Great Finborough
- OS grid reference
- TM 008 557
- Coordinates
- 52.16339, 0.93458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West End Farmhouse is a farmhouse with an early 16th century core that has undergone significant alterations, mainly in the early 19th century. It features a three-cell plan, with an original but concealed cross-wing at the right-hand end. The building has two storeys and one storey with attics. It is timber-framed and encased in 19th and mid-20th century gault brick. The roof is partly covered with plain tiles, while the low-pitched 19th century section is slated, and the steep rear slope is concrete tiled.
There are two axial chimneys made of red brick; one shaft was rebuilt in the 20th century using gault brick, and the other remains in red brick. The farmhouse has early 19th century small-pane sash windows and a 19th century entrance door with six panels, topped by a Doric portico porch featuring a flat entablature supported by columns.
To the right, there is an early 16th century wing with heavy, mostly concealed framing, unchamfered floor joists, and a clasped purlin roof, along with an inserted 17th century chimney. The complete 16th century service cell to the left has massive floor joists and tension-braced studding. The farmhouse is included in the listing despite the 19th and 20th century alterations due to its significant 16th century features. It is also associated with a medieval moat that has been partially infilled.
Local climate
West End Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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