Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
peeling-hinge-thrush
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
Church Farmhouse, the Street, Wilby
OS grid reference
TM 242 721
Coordinates
52.30138, 1.28732
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is an early 17th century timber-framed farmhouse. The external walls are now covered with modern textured render. The roof is tiled with plain tiles to the front and pantiles to the rear. The house has two storeys and an attic, originally comprising three rooms arranged around a lobby entry. It now has three windows, which are large-paned casements dating to the mid-20th century. A mid-20th century entrance door leads into the cross-passage, and there are double-glazed doors to the left. An internal brick stack with a plain square shaft is largely original, while an external stack is located on the right gable, positioned slightly forward of the ridge. The interior has been modernised, but in the hall and at the service end there are original, plain joists. The first floor has plain studding. The rear wall of the house includes three original, blocked window openings, each featuring separate lintols pegged into the frame, which is an unusual detail. A cupboard with an arched head in the rear wall of the parlour dates to the early 19th century. The farmhouse is surrounded by a medieval moat.

Local climate

Church Farmhouse 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 — 6 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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