The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- iron-parapet-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Homestead, the Street, Brome and Oakley, IP23 8AE
- OS grid reference
- TM 152 766
- Coordinates
- 52.3454, 1.15906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homestead is a house dating to the later 17th century, with a large rear wing added in 1971 that incorporates older elements. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered walls, covered by a thatched roof. The house has one and a half storeys and a three-cell layout, characteristic of a lobby entry plan. It has three windows, which are 20th-century 3-light casements. A 20th-century thatched gabled porch with a boarded door sits at the front, and there are three gabled dormers. Inside the house is a tall, oblong 17th-century stack, and an 18th-century stack is located against the rear of the right gable end. The interior has been significantly altered, but original features include plain joists and studding.
Local climate
The Homestead 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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 2023
- 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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