Low Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Farmhouse.
Low Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- leaning-tallow-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Low Farmhouse, Dog Lane, Bedfield
- OS grid reference
- TM 238 660
- Coordinates
- 52.24694, 1.27723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, which was renovated in 1985. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a roof of concrete pantiles. The building is a three-cell, cross-entry type and stands two storeys tall. It features four mid-20th century three-light casement windows that do not have glazing bars, as well as a half-glazed door with a gabled hood from the same period. The internal stack has a plain oblong shaft, likely original to the building.
Inside, the farmhouse has been modernised, but some studding is exposed on the upper floor. The tie beam at the left gable end has mortices for large diamond mullions, and there is a cambered tie beam over the hall chamber. The hall features a ceiling with chamfered joists and a mutilated bridging beam; the muntins of a plank and muntin partition can be seen against the cross-passage. The adjacent service end was originally divided into three rooms, with a division along the bridging beam and another in the front half. The parlour includes an open fireplace that shows evidence of lining in the brick joints. The roof has been largely rebuilt in the mid-20th century. There is also a partial medieval moat surrounding the property.
Local climate
Low Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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