The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- south-tower-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old House, Foxes Lane, Mendham, IP20 0PE
- OS grid reference
- TM 274 822
- Coordinates
- 52.39144, 1.34082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a farmhouse that has been used as two cottages. It consists of two sections of different heights, with the left section dating from the late medieval period or the 16th century, and a parlour addition from around 1600 on the right. The building is timber framed, mostly plastered, and has a pantiled roof. It is two storeys tall, with an attic in the right-hand section. The house features various old casement windows, including one in the right gable with diamond-leaded panes, and a boarded entrance door. There is a gable stack, rebuilt in white brick, at the junction of the two sections.
The main part of the house remains intact, although the frame is covered. Inside, there are exposed joists, original newel stairs with two flights, and floorboards. The earlier section has been shortened; a floor was added in the early 17th century, and the range was raised by about 0.8 meters and re-roofed in the 18th century.
Local climate
The Old House 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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