The Villa is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

The Villa

WRENN ID
shadowed-belfry-pine
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
The Villa, the Street, Laxfield, IP13 8DU
OS grid reference
TM 295 724
Coordinates
52.30174, 1.36547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Villa is a house with an 18th century core that was extended and refronted in the early to mid-19th century. The original structure is timber framed, while the later additions are made of brick. The facade is finished in white brick and features paired bracketed eaves cornice and a hipped slated roof, with plain tiles and pantiles at the rear. The house is two storeys high and has four sash windows with glazing bars arranged in a 1:3 pattern; the two windows on the left are older and set in flush frames, while those on the right are inset with flat stuccoed arches. The entrance includes a six-panel raised and fielded door with panelled reveals, flanked by French windows on each side. There is an axial stack made of white brick. The core of the house continues the architectural style of St. Helen's nearby.

Local climate

The Villa 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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