Chesnut Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Chesnut Lodge
- WRENN ID
- knotted-keystone-heron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Chesnut Lodge, Wilby Green, IP21 5LF
- OS grid reference
- TM 241 708
- Coordinates
- 52.29, 1.2847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chestnut Lodge is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, built in three closely-dated phases. It has an L-shaped plan with a later cross-wing to the west. The building is timber framed and plastered, featuring remnants of old panelled plasterwork. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The south gable end is a fine example of late 16th-century crowstepped brickwork, with paired windows on both the ground and first floors that have original cavetto mullions and diamond-leaded glass, some of which are the original cames that have been re-set. The first-floor windows are adorned with steep, boldly-moulded pediments, and there are two blocked oval attic windows. A moulded string course remains on the first floor, and there is a central panel inscribed with 'WL 1782'.
The farmhouse features an integral stack with two octagonal shafts on moulded bases, while other windows are mid-20th-century square-leaded casements. To the south of the main range, there is a lobby entrance with a mid-20th-century door. Inside, there is an internal stack in the main range and a massive external stack with crowstepped offsets against the side wall of the cross-wing, each with two octagonal shafts on moulded bases. A single-storey colourwashed brick addition is located to the east of the main range. The hall ceiling has chamfered joists, and the north room of the cross-wing contains storey posts carved with upturned volutes, one of which is missing, above which are the initials 'IA'.
The main parlour to the south features a ceiling with fully-moulded cross-beams, and the chamber above has a similarly-moulded bridging beam. There are three fireplaces with depressed moulded stucco arches, and some good first-floor studding with reversed braces. The main range has a newel staircase with an original door leading to the attic flight. The roofs consist of queen-post structures in the main range and the north end of the cross-wing, while the roof over the southern half of the cross-wing features clasped and butt purlins and is slightly later in date.
Local climate
Chesnut Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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