Lodge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. Farmhouse.
Lodge Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- high-hall-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lodge Farmhouse, Worlingworth
- OS grid reference
- TM 229 698
- Coordinates
- 52.28193, 1.26642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lodge Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with later alterations, the most recent occurring in the early 19th century. It features a long main range with a service cross-wing on the right that extends to the rear. The building is timber framed and plastered, with the front plasterwork designed to imitate ashlar, while the side walls of the cross-wing and the rear of the main range have older plasterwork. The roof is thatched and the farmhouse has two storeys.
There are various casement windows, with the main range having four three-light first-floor windows, each featuring square-leaded glass in the side lights. To the left, there is an early 19th-century doorway with a moulded architrave that includes corner roundels, a cornice, and a six-panel raised and fielded door. Additionally, there are two more doorways with old boarded doors. A small internal stack is located at the junction of the main range and the cross-wing, while the hall and parlour cells are heated by 18th-century stacks positioned against the rear wall. The left gable end has early 19th-century sash windows, and the service wing has slatted windows on the sides and rear.
At the rear of the main range, there is a lean-to with windows that feature old diamond-leaded glass. The interior has largely remained unaltered since the early 19th century, with most of the structure concealed. There are two 19th-century staircases, and the well stair between the hall and parlour likely replaced a stack. The parlour contains two cupboards with moulded surrounds and corner roundels. The service wing was once detached, but the gap has now been filled by a small stack and a straight stair. The roof over the service wing includes clasped and butt purlins with one-way straight plank wind braces, while the roof over the main range has not been examined.
Local climate
Lodge 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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