Drift House is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. A C17 Farmhouse.

Drift House

WRENN ID
seventh-span-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Drift House, Coney Weston Road, Sapiston
OS grid reference
TL 917 751
Coordinates
52.34123, 0.81354
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Drift House is a former farmhouse that was extended and divided into three cottages around 1840, later reduced to two, and now functions as a single house. The building dates back to the early 17th century and features one and a half storeys with a basic three-cell lobby-entrance plan. The main range is timber-framed and plastered, while the rear extension is made of red brick from the 19th century, accompanied by single-storey lean-to additions on both the east and west sides. The roofs are covered with black glazed pantiles, with the rear featuring three small gabled ranges. Inside, there is an internal chimney stack with a plain rebuilt red brick shaft dated 1840, which is finished in plaster. The house has 20th-century small-paned casements and two gabled dormers, along with a 20th-century door. A detailed description, including plans, sections, and photographs, is available with the National Monuments Record.

Local climate

Drift House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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