Rectory Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1987. Farmhouse.

Rectory Farm House

WRENN ID
gentle-iron-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Rectory Farm House, the Common, Mellis
OS grid reference
TM 096 741
Coordinates
52.32549, 1.07469
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Farm House is a farmhouse with probable origins in the 16th century. It features a floor and stack that were inserted in the 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th or 19th century and alterations made in the 20th century. The building has a timber frame that is plastered and is topped with steeply pitched pantiled roofs. Originally, it was likely a small open hall with additions at both ends, creating three cells, each with its own roof. The house has one storey and an attic, with 20th-century three-light casements and a two-light gabled dormer. There is a half-glazed, half-panelled door in the left addition, which is slightly set back. An axial ridge stack is located at the original left end, while there is a rendered external stack at the right end and an internal stack at the left end. There are also 20th-century additions to the rear. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Rectory 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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