Low Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1988. Farmhouse.
Low Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stony-step-auburn
- 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
- Low Farmhouse, Watermill Lane, Hoxne
- OS grid reference
- TM 189 777
- Coordinates
- 52.35428, 1.21338
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse that features a timber frame and plastered exterior beneath a thatched roof. The building is two storeys high and has a three-cell layout. On the first floor, there are four windows that are 18th to 19th century three-light casements, while the ground floor has mid-20th century two-light casement windows, mostly with square-leaded glass. To the right of the building is a mid-20th century plank door. Inside, there is an internal stack with a plain oblong shaft. The right gable end has an 18th-century stack and a lean-to addition. The interior has not been examined.
Local climate
Low Farmhouse 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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