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

Blyth House

WRENN ID
waiting-column-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1987
Type
House
Address
Blyth House, Bickers Hill Road, Laxfield
OS grid reference
TM 297 725
Coordinates
52.30311, 1.36903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blyth House is a house dating from the 16th to early 17th century, likely built in two phases. It features a timber frame, mostly plastered, with colourwashed brick on the right and red brick on the right gable end. The roof is hipped and covered with pantiles. The house has two storeys and is fitted with casement windows, mostly from the mid-20th century. There are two internal stacks. At the rear, there is a single-storey colourwashed brick wing that was originally detached but is now connected by a mid-20th century entrance addition. The interior has been modernised, showcasing much exposed studding and several original windows with cavetto and diamond mullions. The hall and parlour have plain joists, and there is evidence of original service doorways, although the partition has been removed. It appears that the original service end has been enlarged, and the stack in this area was added later. The roof has not been examined but is likely from the 18th century.

Local climate

Blyth House 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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