Woodhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. A C16, C19 Farmhouse.
Woodhouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- narrow-zinc-rowan
- 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
- Woodhouse Farmhouse, Dublin Road, Rishangles
- OS grid reference
- TM 162 692
- Coordinates
- 52.2792, 1.16844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed farmhouse, primarily dating from the 16th century. It features a main range with a two-cell cross-wing that is set forward to the right, and there is an additional wing from around 1800 at the angle of these two ranges. The building is timber framed and has mid-20th century textured render, with a roof covered in 20th century black pantiles. It stands two storeys tall and has various small-paned casement windows, mostly from the 19th century.
The cross-wing has overhanging gables, and in its side wall, there is a lintel of a projecting first-floor window. The front of the main range includes a lean-to porch with a 19th century six-panel door, where the upper four panels are glazed, and it features a reeded architrave. Flanking the doorway are carved pilasters and consoles from the early 17th century, which were likely brought from another location, possibly in the 19th century. The pilasters have sunk faces adorned with fruit and flower motifs, and their capitals, one of which is mutilated, display acanthus leaves, helices, and four-lobed flowers. Each console features a carved head spouting foliage and tendrils; one console includes a shield depicting an animal, while the other has a shield carved with a merchant's mark.
Internally, there is a stack at the junction of the two ranges, with a plain oblong shaft. Close studding and tension braces can be seen in the side wall of the cross-wing. One ground floor room in the wing has an ovolo axial bridging beam and slightly moulded joists. The roof over the center of the main range is a wind-braced clasped purlin roof. There is a 19th century staircase by the stack. The farmhouse is surrounded by a medieval moat.
Local climate
Woodhouse Farmhouse 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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