The Beeches Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Beeches Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- hushed-lintel-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Beeches Farmhouse, Bleach Green, Wingfield, IP21 5RG
- OS grid reference
- TM 233 776
- Coordinates
- 52.35126, 1.27765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beeches Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse with an 18th-century wing added to the rear. It is primarily timber-framed, with a 19th-century red brick facade accented by white brick for quoins and window and door surrounds. The gable ends are plastered and brick-cased to the rear, which also includes the later wing. The roof is covered in glazed black pantiles.
The farmhouse originally had a three-cell plan with a cross-passage entry, and now has two storeys and an attic. It has four windows, which are 19th-century casements with a single horizontal glazing bar in each light, set within segmental arches. A 19th-century six-panelled door is set within a gabled timber porch. An internal stack is present.
Inside, exposed timber framing is visible, predominantly on the first floor. The rear wall features an original arched doorway and a blocked window with a cavetto mullion on the ground floor, alongside two diamond-mullioned windows on the first floor. A single visible storey post in the hall has a shaped head. Service rooms have been enlarged, and the original partition wall has been removed. A newel staircase is present, with the attic flight being original.
Local climate
The Beeches Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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