Blue House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. Farmhouse.

Blue House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
unlit-sentry-sorrel
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
Blue House Farmhouse, Laxfield
OS grid reference
TM 273 730
Coordinates
52.30864, 1.33314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blue House Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th to 17th century and was built in two or more phases, with alterations made in the 19th century. The building features a main range with a projecting cross-wing on the right. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, topped with a roof of glazed black pantiles. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic in the cross-wing. There are five windows, including those in the wing, which are large-paned casements from the 19th and 20th centuries. The lobby entrance has a mid-19th century moulded architrave with corner roundels and a cornice, leading to a mid-20th century half-glazed door. A second doorway features a 19th century three-quarter glazed door. The farmhouse has two axial stacks, both of which were rebuilt in the 19th century. Inside, nearly all the timbers are concealed.

Local climate

Blue House 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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