Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse.
Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- swift-truss-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse, Banyard's Green, Laxfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 295 733
- Coordinates
- 52.31062, 1.36643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid 16th century, with a slightly later wing at the rear that forms an L-shape. The building was restored in 1867 and again in the early 20th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered and partly lined to imitate ashlar, with a plaintiled roof adorned with crest tiles and scalloped bargeboards on all gables. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic, with a three-cell main range.
On the ground floor, there are three windows: two small-paned sash windows and a matching casement window, while the first floor has one sash window. The entrance is through a mid 19th-century porch that includes a door with two glazed upper panels, and it has a moulded architrave and cornice, likely made of stone. A gabled dormer is also present. The internal stack has been rebuilt in white brick, and above the road gable, there is a 19th-century wind vane dated 1602.
The rear range primarily features old casement windows, while the front range has been significantly modernised internally. Inside, there is a moulded bridging beam in the hall and a notable early 17th-century overmantel with intricate carving, including flowers surrounded by guilloche work. The rear range reveals more of the original structure, including a first-floor ceiling with moulded joists and a blocked window with moulded square mullions, although the end portion of this range has been lost. The roof over the main range has clasped purlins, while the rear range has clasped and butt purlins, with both roofs featuring arched wind-bracing.
In 1718, John Smith bequeathed the property to the parish to fund a school, and it remained under the school's ownership until around 1950. Additionally, there are remains of a medieval moat on the property.
Local climate
Stadhaugh Manor Farmhouse 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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