Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers Immediately South of Ling Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Forecourt walls and gate piers.
Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers Immediately South of Ling Farm House
- WRENN ID
- north-keystone-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Forecourt walls and gate piers
- Address
- Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers Immediately South of Ling Farm House, Low Road, Wortham
- OS grid reference
- TM 082 797
- Coordinates
- 52.37608, 1.05736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls and gate piers immediately south of Ling Farm House date from the early 19th century and are constructed of red brick. The walls, approximately 1 meter high, enclose three sides of the forecourt, featuring openings at both ends near the house and a central opening at the front. The central low iron gate has a circular band, with flanking piers topped by ashlar ball finials. The design includes ramps leading down to the wall, which has pilaster strip divisions, with two panels on each front section and four on each return. The ramps rise at the return angles, and there is a dentilled course at the rounded coping. These structures are included for their group value with Ling Farm House.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls and Gatepiers Immediately South of Ling Farm House 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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