Chilton House and Mulbra House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. House. 1 related planning application.
Chilton House and Mulbra House
- WRENN ID
- cold-passage-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chilton House and Mulbra House, 34, Old Street, Haughley, IP14 3NX
- OS grid reference
- TM 027 621
- Coordinates
- 52.21998, 0.96714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chilton House and Mulbra House are two houses that were built as one in the late 16th century, with a possible earlier core. They feature a three-cell plan with a lobby entrance and have two storeys with five windows. The houses are timber-framed and plastered, topped with a plaintiled roof that has a detailed wooden eaves cornice. There is an axial chimney, with the shaft rebuilt in mid-20th century red brick.
At the ground storey, there are three early 18th century small pane sash windows with thick glazing bars, with those at No. 32 having been restored in the 20th century. The first storey includes various 18th, 19th, and 20th century casements. Notable features include two early 18th century doorways with Gibbs surrounds, pulvinated friezes, and pediments, and entrance doors with six fielded panels.
The late 16th century queenpost roof is partially intact, although most of the roof was rebuilt in pine during the 18th century. Mulbra House contains some massive unchamfered floor joists of 16th century type, while the framing is mainly concealed. This building is believed to have served as a town house in the 18th century and was previously a guildhall, though its construction seems to have occurred after the dissolution of the guilds in 1545.
Local climate
Chilton House and Mulbra House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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