Locks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1988. Farmhouse.

Locks Farmhouse

WRENN ID
upper-pedestal-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Locks Farmhouse, Hoxne
OS grid reference
TM 204 738
Coordinates
52.31861, 1.23328
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Locks Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, which was renovated and enlarged in the mid-20th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a two-cell layout; there may have been a third cell to the south at one time. The windows are standard casement style, and the gabled porch and door are from the mid-20th century. Above the porch, there is one original mullioned window. A large gabled addition extends above the roof.

Inside, there is an internal stack with an original base featuring inset panels at the front and rear, each adorned with a sawtooth brick course, and mid-20th century shafts above in a sawtooth design. Much of the studding is visible, and the basic layout of the house remains intact. There is evidence of original windows with chamfered mullions and diamond glazing bars, with two still complete. Both ground floor rooms feature axial bridging beams with chamfered joists set flat. The original newel stairs consist of two flights, and there are some internal doors from the 16th to 17th centuries. The roof timbers are not visible.

Local climate

Locks 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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