Wingfield Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Wingfield Priory

WRENN ID
lost-zinc-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1955
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wingfield Priory, Top Road, IP21 5QT
OS grid reference
TM 241 765
Coordinates
52.34136, 1.28914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wingfield Priory is a farmhouse dating from around 1600, with some elements from the 16th century and later work at the rear. The building is timber framed and plastered, designed to look like ashlar, with plaintiled roofs except for the later sections of the rear range, which have pantiled roofs. It has two storeys and an attic in the main range, which consists of three cells and a long rear wing divided into three sections.

The windows include a mix of 20th-century reproduction mullion and transom windows, as well as many original mullioned windows, all fitted with 20th-century plain glass. There are two original windows on the left gable end. The entrance features a cross-passage entry with a small 20th-century gabled porch that has a plank and muntin door; inside this porch is the original entrance door, matching in style. There is also a similar porch at the rear.

Inside, the building has a fine interior with a fully exposed frame and close studding throughout the ground floor. The hall and parlour feature cross-beamed ceilings and storey posts with moulded heads. The parlour is situated at a higher level and has an original cellar beneath it. There are newel stairs and some original doors. The rear range includes a 16th-century section attached to the main house, a three-bay barn with a queen-post roof that has been significantly altered and features several large diamond-mullioned windows, and a lower range of stabling that likely dates from the early 18th century.

Local climate

Wingfield Priory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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