Francis Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. A C17 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Francis Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-keep-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Francis Farmhouse, Woolpit Road, Rattlesden, IP30 0RZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 976 598
- Coordinates
- 52.20126, 0.89127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Francis Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features an AT-plan layout, with both ranges consisting of two cells. The lower range is possibly of earlier origin and has two storeys, while the crosswing also has two storeys with attics. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with a concrete tiled roof that was once thatched. There is a central 17th-century chimney made of red brick in both ranges. The windows are 20th-century casements. The entrance is a hipped-roof porch from the 20th century, covered in pantiles, and has a boarded door. The interior has not been examined.
Local climate
Francis 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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